Isn't it odd that we call it the placebo effect instead of the believer effect, or the cognitive bias effect?
It's as if we want to remove the source of the effect from the equation. The sugar pill isn't what fixed the person; it's their belief that it would fix them that did the job.
Derek Martin /
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2025-03-20 12:36:12
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