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submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I still have a half-joke conspiracy theory that the information that placebos work even if you know they're placebos is in itself benevolent misinformation to induce a real placebo effect about placebos you know are placebos.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I feel dizzy after reading that.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So you’re probably not in the control group

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Plot twist: They are in the control group, and are experiencing a nocebo effect.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

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