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literalAardvarkyesterday at 9:14 PM1 replyview on HN

It's much more than a bias.

You actually get better through placebo, as long as there's a pathway to it that is available to your body.

It's a really weird effect.

The fight isn't against triggering placebo, it's against letting it muddle study results.


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eager_learnertoday at 1:30 AM

I really love the back-and-forth in this mini-thread, I learned a lot about good thinking skills here. Thanks everyone.