2018-02-25, 02:17 PM
Chris
2018-02-25, 02:50 PM
(2018-02-25, 02:17 PM)Steve001 Wrote: [ -> ]Here's a short video. https://youtu.be/8HslUzw35mc
Thanks. That seems very reasonable. I've never found homeopathy very believable.
But the aspect I wonder about is the explanation given for the effectiveness of the placebo. Is there any experimental evidence for that, or is it pure supposition, I wonder?
2018-02-25, 03:20 PM
(2018-02-25, 02:50 PM)Chris Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks. That seems very reasonable. I've never found homeopathy very believable.
But the aspect I wonder about is the explanation given for the effectiveness of the placebo. Is there any experimental evidence for that, or is it pure supposition, I wonder?
As I recall studies have been done on the placebo effect and as I recall is a real effect.
Chris
2018-02-25, 03:26 PM
(2018-02-25, 03:20 PM)Steve001 Wrote: [ -> ]As I recall studies have been done on the placebo effect and as I recall is a real effect.
I don't think anyone disputes that. What I wonder is whether it's explicable in conventional terms.
2018-02-25, 05:47 PM
(2018-02-25, 03:26 PM)Chris Wrote: [ -> ]I don't think anyone disputes that. What I wonder is whether it's explicable in conventional terms.
Knowing the placebo literature it is explicable in conventional terms.
Chris
2018-02-26, 08:12 PM
I've started a thread on the placebo effect, here:
http://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-placebo
http://psiencequest.net/forums/thread-placebo