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One of my half-cocked opinion-theories is that we think about placebo effect precisely backwards,,, It’s not that a fake treatment *does* something to help us heal, It’s that having even a fake excuse to heal *stops* the left brain from blocking mysterious acausal healing
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if the left brain can’t figure out *how* something works, it will refuse to believe *that* it works
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I agree it's a cool idea. Haven't heard much plausible and meaty about "why the placebo effect should exist" other than 🤷‍♀️"it works because people believe it works" which feels shallow & lame your idea is cooler
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