I don't know who needs to hear this today, but the placebo effect probably isn't real and mostly describes common statistical failings of scientific research
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Good thread! I like to think a lot of it is due to the redefining of placebo as "pretend medicine" instead of "any effect that could hide the answer to your question"
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Thanks :)
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Pleasure! Changed my mind ages ago when I first started listening to the podcast
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So ... should we stop waisting resorces on placebo ... ? And instead of placebo controled, should the new standard become -Randomized “NOTHING” controled trial- with control group given nothing at all ...
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Quite the opposite IMO. Placebos are controls, and pretty good controls. But we need to caution against them being seen as a form of medicine. which is where the "powerful placebo" narrative leads.
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