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Re:A radio frequency exposure test finds an iPhone 11 Pro ex... by JshWright on Friday February 14, 2020 @06:34PM (#22331524)
Are you unfamiliar with how powerful the placebo effect is? Totally meaningless "treatments" can have real biological impacts, simply because the person receiving them believes it will.

If you truly cared about this topic, I assume you would want to know if the effect is real, or just your mind playing a trick on you.

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Re:A radio frequency exposure test finds an iPhone 11 Pro ex... by stordoff on Friday February 14, 2020 @08:59PM (#22332548)
> simply because the person receiving them believes it will

Perhaps somewhat bizarrely, maybe even if they know it's only placebo:

> In these four studies patients were randomised to receive open label placebo (pills described as "inert placebos containing no medication") plus usual treatment or usual treatment[...]

> The consistency and magnitude of symptomatic relief across these studies—performed in hospitals on two continents—suggest that open label placebo may have a real therapeutic benefit.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6889847/

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