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[retsibsi]

To be sure, yeah, but if you've tried a bunch of things with no success, and then one thing works despite your having no real optimism for it, that's pretty suggestive of a non-placebo effect.

[EricE → retsibsi]

And even if it is a placebo - if you improve, who cares?!?

I never get that for people who seem eager to dismiss a placebo effect as not having value because it isn’t “real” - whatever that means.

[thibauts → EricE]

You improving has no predictive power about somebody else improving. That’s the problem. Limited usefulness VS an effective drug.