Re: Fwd: [New post] The Loud and Clear Message that the TED Controversy is Sending
Posted by
Ron Newman on
Apr 04, 2013; 5:35pm
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/Fwd-New-post-The-Loud-and-Clear-Message-that-the-TED-Controversy-is-Sending-tp7582434p7582478.html
If the placebo is double blind I've heard the percentage shoots up. But the fact remains that a mere thought, or belief, is affecting something. If science were untainted that would be the basis for massive investigation.
On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 11:29 AM, Barry MacKichan
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I've heard it is very effective, but only for a time until the patient discovers it is a placebo. Call it the Lincoln effect ("You can fool all of ….").
--Barry
There's no money in it (actually, there's a lot of money in it) but the effects - 30% efficacy I heard once - are impressive, without side effects.
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