TIL expensive placebo pills are proven to be more effective than cheap ones

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[–]hennojisan 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Yes, and if the medicine is prescribed by an older, greying doctor, it works much better.

My placebos are better than yours. :)

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Till you got a lab. :) Kinda disappointing moment. After two or three blowbacks you almost instantly stop on all the undergrad chemistry you had.

Then you start to invest. And it gets interesting again. Especially when you gotta convince a friend why you need tis or tat.

Then you're both into welding sooner as you can predict.

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Don't encourage them.

[–]zyxzevn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It is funny that we don't even know why placebos work in basic scientific sense.
Because they are showing that your mind directly influences your health.

[–]Iam1ofMany 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

But will a fake expensive placebo work the same as a real expensive placebo?

[–]forscher 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This IS TRUE. I conducted a study myself, which proves this!