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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: "all the way over on the West Coast"
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: "all the way over on the West Coast"
Posts: 1,032
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but the placebo effect is not about what the doctor or scientist believes, it's about what the patient believes.
understanding that there is a placebo effect, whether it be induced by a sugar pill, sham surgery, or belief in a higher power is not trickery - it's science learning about what makes human beings work. God doesn't work for everyone; neither does a sugar pill.
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“Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputation and social standing, never can bring about a reform. Those who are really in earnest must be willing to be anything or nothing in the world’s estimation, and publicly and privately, in season and out, avow their sympathy with despised and persecuted ideas and their advocates, and bear the consequences.” — Susan B. Anthony
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