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7bityesterday at 11:54 AM1 replyview on HN

The same could be said about homeopathy, but homeopathy is a scam.

The problem is, how do you define "if there's an effect"? A placebo can not have an effect, yet, it has.


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samtheDamnedyesterday at 6:27 PM

The whole point of placebo is that it has an effect though, just not one based on a real change.

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