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by lutusp
4312 days ago
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That's true, but there's no chance to have a control group. No one having an acid trip can possibly compare his subjective experience to someone who's taken a sugar pill. And without control groups and other strict controls, human studies are next to useless. The above means that the Placebo Effect cannot be realistically guarded against or dismissed. |
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This is a little different than the parent's statement (which I was responding to):
> I tend to view them mostly as analogous to Dumbo's magic feather.