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Re:Compass Pathways' Phase IIb psilocybin trial shows reduce... by tasty_freeze on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @07:55PM (#29169740)
To someone who has done mushrooms before, sure, they can tell. But for people with no psychedelic experience, niacin (a common stand-in) causes flushing and some other effects which a patient can tell "is doing something."

IIRC, the famous "Good Friday" psilocybin experiment had some people from the control group believe they were not in the control group.

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Re:Compass Pathways' Phase IIb psilocybin trial shows reduce... by yeetaccount on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @08:40PM (#29170126)
> IIRC, the famous "Good Friday" psilocybin experiment had some people from the control group believe they were not in the control group.

I can find a few people right now that believe that Lord of the Rings is a historical account of medieval Europe.

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Re:Compass Pathways' Phase IIb psilocybin trial shows reduce... by ethanbond on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @09:07PM (#29170297)
Right but when it comes to questions of placebo, the belief is what matters.
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