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minus-squareCheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·2 months agoI 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.
minus-squareabbadon420@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 months agoI feel dizzy after reading that.
minus-squareAsweet@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoSo you’re probably not in the control group
minus-squarethreelonmusketeerslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoPlot twist: They are in the control group, and are experiencing a nocebo effect.
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.
I feel dizzy after reading that.
So you’re probably not in the control group
Plot twist: They are in the control group, and are experiencing a nocebo effect.
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