I’ve noticed that, whenever I criticize acupuncture as the quackery based on prescientific mysticism and theatrical placebo that it is, inevitably some who claim to “hate woo” will express *considerable* displeasure.

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I have this argument not infrequently with colleagues. I have to explain "regression to the mean". Sometimes they get it, but more often than not I get the "Well, if it works and they feel better..." argument.
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Yea, I've never heard it explained this way (I'm also not a professional, so thats why I asked one) and can see where a misconception would come in by calling it an 'effect'. I am pretty comfortable with data science, so this explanation makes a lot of sense.
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There are also risks to acupuncture, especially infection. Placebo effect could be replaced with a safer and cheaper intervention.
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Well, I recall reading somewhere that 50% of the analgesic effect of morphine is placebo. Meaning that if the patient isn't aware of the administration, it doesn't work nearly as much.
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