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kleinbl00  ·  3949 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: British MPs deliver their damning verdict: Homeopathy is useless and unethical.

Dan Ariely quotes a study in which two groups of people are given placebos. One of them is told the pill normally costs $0.20. The other is told the pill normally costs $9. Guess which one is more effective?

There are cultural aspects, too. Germans react well to placebo injections. Americans react well to placebo pills. Some other culture reacts well to placebo salves. Go figure.





cgod  ·  3948 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Pill size can have the same effect, extreamly large or small (so potent it has to be this small to be safe) sugar pill are more effective than "normal" sized ones.

JakobVirgil  ·  3949 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Placebo exorcisms in rural India have more efficacy against depression and anxiety than talk therapy does in Denmark