tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post7575772929538704813..comments2024-03-19T05:24:03.015-04:00Comments on Encyclopedia of American Loons: #1593: Andre EvansG.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-57033774866557892822016-02-13T03:06:25.323-05:002016-02-13T03:06:25.323-05:00What? No one is denying that the placebo effect is...What? No one is denying that the placebo effect is real. But the placebo effect has, contrary to popular belief, little to do with "the magic of positive thinking" (a nice primer on the placebo effect is <a href="https://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/ted-kaptchuk-versus-placebo-effects-again/" rel="nofollow">here</a>.G.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08875360501107597863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-414946164942126209.post-1139341839466398712016-02-12T16:03:21.348-05:002016-02-12T16:03:21.348-05:00so placebo effect is NOT real? I am a rational bei...so placebo effect is NOT real? I am a rational being, but I leave a section in my belief system open to the possibility that there is more than what science 'proves'. for proof, watch the movie 'sleeper'. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06801367414886368518noreply@blogger.com