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by JumpCrisscross 1361 days ago
> the placebo response

The placebo response is great. It doesn't require poisoning oneself with arsenic [1] or unknown substances [2]. It certainly isn't a substitute for real medicine.

[1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14705842/

[2] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hundreds-of-babie...