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Originally Posted by TorqueDog
Debunking the placebo may actually do nothing, there have been instances that placebos work even when the person taking the placebo knows it's a placebo. (Ben Goldacre mentions this during his guest appearance on BBC's Qi; Series I, Episode 'Illness'.)
I have no problem with someone taking placebos so long as a) they aren't contagious, b) they aren't someone I am close to, and c) they aren't advocating for the efficacy of said placebo to other people. However, prefacing a ridiculous claim with "I don't care what anyone says" is the equivalent of sticking one's fingers in their ears and going "LA LA LA LA I CAN'T HEAR YOU", and therefore will automatically draw the ire of anyone with functioning critical faculties.
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Doesn't matter.
If I take a pill and the pill solves the problem I want it to, because of how it is suppose to work, Great!
If it solves the problem because the human brain is much more complex then anyone though, and through the placebo effect the problem gets solved - Great!
Point is, I don't care if a pill causes a placebo effect to solve my problem, if it works it works.