The Strange Powers of the Placebo Effect

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1. Ganjabus 243 days ago

I wish I never watched anything about placebo's, because every time I eat a pill I think it's a placebo and it doesn't work :(

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2. AntiAnti 243 days ago

Gonna stop pushing the button to cross the street

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3. mikeaza 243 days ago

That's pretty freaking weird.

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4. Chrisofskjern 243 days ago

SnotR just removed the effect from 90% of all the pills that (we believe) make us healthy!!

WE'RE ALL DOOMED!!!

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5. Voutelamberopipi 243 days ago

I won't go into details but my younger sister got treated with placebos. Powerful stuff.

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6. irishgek 243 days ago

Never taking a blue lsd trip again ....now i know why :P

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7. moon-trial 243 days ago

:D My life's really going better since someone told me that the orange smarties are made of the same ingredients as the pills used in "LIMITLESS".
My slogan: One orange smarties. Anything is possible.

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8. gringo 243 days ago

This is your last chance. After this there's no turning back. You take the blue pill, the story ends, you wake up in your bed and you believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in Wonderland and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. Remember, all I'm offering is the truth. Nothing more.

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9. chronic 243 days ago

1:31 "shiny as shit" :D

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10. Sizzlik (admin) 243 days ago

hehe asdf movie..the pointless button..hmm

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11. AFoS 243 days ago

Studies have shown that people who take placebos will die with a 100% certainty, as do people who don't take placebos. There is absolutely no evidence to the contrary as witnessed by morticians all over the world.

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12. loadrunner 243 days ago

Someone killed himselve by swallowing a full pack of placebos.


(He suffocated, one pill got stuck)

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13. Sebastien 243 days ago

"[...] by believing and expecting something to work, IT ACTUALLY DOES" Sounds like "the secret" to me... For a more serious (scientific) look at the placebo effect, you can start here: http://skeptoid.com/episodes/4151
And also check QuackCast 5 no http://moremark.squarespace.com/quackcast-list-mp3/

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14. mala-zmija 242 days ago

Not only did I not learn anything new, but now I speak with this idiotic accent!

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15. Auer 240 days ago

Damn you Snotr! Here I was, minding my own business by taking the red pill since 1999 and just now woke up and realized it was just a dream. Just great!