What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick?

Re:What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick? by yters on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @09:53AM (#18399465)

Placebos also work when people know they are placebos. No reason to lie to the patient.

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Re:What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick? by Skrillex on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @11:03AM (#18399985)

My intuition would be that a significant component of the effect is that the patient believes they have been treated. Until we see evidence otherwise, I see no reason to assume that the placebo effect is not weakened by the loss of that component.

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Re:What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick? by kevinwang on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @12:15PM (#18400535)

I agree with your intuition, but I'm guessing the parent was referencing this: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/placebo-can-work-even-kn...

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Re:What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick? by Skrillex on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @12:31PM (#18400647)

I have seen it. I do not believe that this test (or others, yet) compared known placebo treatments to unknown placebo treatments.

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Re:What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick? by kevinwang on Friday November 09, 2018 @02:11PM (#18417011)

I see. Yeah, intuitively you're almost definitely right.

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Re:What if the Placebo Effect Isn’t a Trick? by yters on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @01:45PM (#18401169)

I'm a big fan of your music.

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