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Re:Depression and suicide linked to air pollution in new glo... by mc3 on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @11:32PM (#21832020)
This seems ripe for placebo. Installing purifier and indeed measuring lower PM, means naturally you feel less worried and more relaxed!
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Re:Depression and suicide linked to air pollution in new glo... by AstralStorm on Thursday December 19, 2019 @05:41AM (#21833677)
It's time to hire someone to maybe break the filter somewhen for a duration. And hack the meter to report invalid data.
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Re:Depression and suicide linked to air pollution in new glo... by insickness on Thursday December 19, 2019 @06:04AM (#21833805)
I've always thought it would be an interesting service where someone did this with medication/supplements. They sent you supplies of both the real and sugar pill meds for a certain duration and you recorded how you felt.
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Re:Depression and suicide linked to air pollution in new glo... by saagarjha on Thursday December 19, 2019 @10:55AM (#21835966)
Generally, denying people access to healthcare in for the sake of experimentation is unethical.
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Re:Depression and suicide linked to air pollution in new glo... by coldtea on Thursday December 19, 2019 @05:27AM (#21833594)
On the other hand, measuring lower PM is indeed a quantifiable metric.
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Re:Depression and suicide linked to air pollution in new glo... by mc3 on Thursday December 19, 2019 @04:16PM (#21839407)
Yeah it depends what question you are trying to answer:

1. Does my air purifier filter out PM2.5?

or

2. Dos lower PM2.5 make me sleep better?

For #1 there is no placebo effect (there is no human element!)

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