thaddeus Posted July 29, 2009 I've read estimates that placebo effect could be upwards of 30% and more in an experiment. Placebo here meaning actual placebo plus all the other factors that could result in a positive outcome. Suppose 1 million people practice some bogus qigong healing exercise...that means you could have 350,000 people going on about how great the system is and how it healed this or that. Hmmmm... T Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thelerner Posted July 29, 2009 If a well believed placebo works faster, cheaper and gets good results then don't knock it. In Roman times there was often a specific prayer that accompanied different medicines. In our modern age we poo poo such needless superstition, but I think we handicap a remedy by just swallowing it without a prayer or positive thought to wash it down with. New age or old age, there's more at work then chemical reactions. Michael Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
