He's saying that despite test repeatedly showingthat the placebo effect works, people shouldn't be able to use it to help people.
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Mon 19 Jan 2009, 10:44,
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That the placebo effect worksbut requires lying to patients about the efficacy of alternative treatments. With evidence-based medicine, you get the placebo effect plus the real effect. Win!
I think a quick plug for What's the Harm? is in order.
(I think a quick plug for What's the Harm? is in order.
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Mon 19 Jan 2009, 10:50,
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yeah, yeah, i knowi just felt like being inflammatory!
That's a good website though, i'll bookmark that and show it to hippies when they try and give me herbal tea.
Relatedly, I watched this interview with richard dawkins and nicholas humphrey (prof of psychology) which is notable for both an interesting look at what our brain can do and also for dawkins basically going "yeah, but it's all bullshit and trickery when you get right down to it, isn't it?" and the humphrey going "well, no, it works"
Edit: should've included the link uk.youtube.com/watch?v=e1AQPue7FEM&feature=channel_page
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Mon 19 Jan 2009, 10:57,
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That's a good website though, i'll bookmark that and show it to hippies when they try and give me herbal tea.
Relatedly, I watched this interview with richard dawkins and nicholas humphrey (prof of psychology) which is notable for both an interesting look at what our brain can do and also for dawkins basically going "yeah, but it's all bullshit and trickery when you get right down to it, isn't it?" and the humphrey going "well, no, it works"
Edit: should've included the link uk.youtube.com/watch?v=e1AQPue7FEM&feature=channel_page