The Strange Powers of the Placebo Effect
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4. Chrisofskjern commented 12 years ago
SnotR just removed the effect from 90% of all the pills that (we believe) make us healthy!!
WE'RE ALL DOOMED!!!
WE'RE ALL DOOMED!!!


5. Voutelamberopipi commented 12 years ago
I won't go into details but my younger sister got treated with placebos. Powerful stuff.


7. moon-trial commented 12 years ago

My slogan: One orange smarties. Anything is possible.


8. gringo commented 12 years 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.


12. loadrunner commented 12 years ago
Someone killed himselve by swallowing a full pack of placebos.
(He suffocated, one pill got stuck)
(He suffocated, one pill got stuck)


13. Sebastien commented 12 years 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/
And also check QuackCast 5 no http://moremark.squarespace.com/quackcast-list-mp3/


14. mala-zmija commented 12 years ago
Not only did I not learn anything new, but now I speak with this idiotic accent!


16. Mpls commented 10 years ago
I was waiting for an elevator in a big city hospital next to an internist. A man came and pushed the elevator button several times and of course nothing happened. I said that the button was strictly a placebo to which the internist replied, "I think not, A placebo works 33% of the time."
+17 1. Ganjabus commented 12 years ago