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I think there’s a chance here to actually tell them the truth.

“This stuff is not studied to work. It is a placebo.” OP study says this can still be effective.




Although not as effective as deceptive placebos. I personally suspect that the subset of people for which honest placebos work well overlaps significantly with the same subset of people who already believe "pill = good" above the expert advise of their doctors.




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