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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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