Are Placebos Really Sugar Pills?

Re:Are Placebos Really Sugar Pills? by dittendatt on Wednesday January 30, 2013 @06:08PM (#5142375)

>The example you point to is dubious to me. The study seems to be working as intended: if you have a drug that doesn't work better than olive oil - you don't have a useful drug.

Why not?

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Re:Are Placebos Really Sugar Pills? by Volpe on Wednesday January 30, 2013 @08:44PM (#5142880)

because people have olive oil already...

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Re:Are Placebos Really Sugar Pills? by dittendatt on Wednesday January 30, 2013 @10:16PM (#5143239)

Well, you are assuming they cannot be combined.

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Re:Are Placebos Really Sugar Pills? by jacalata on Wednesday January 30, 2013 @11:07PM (#5143383)

That would be a completely different study. You can't make any claims about the effect of a&b if you've only studied a|b.

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