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[-] spartanatreyu@programming.dev 8 points 1 year ago

Also, you can buy Tic Tacs from any newsagent or gas station.

[-] Jorgelino@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Not to defend homeopathy, but a big part of why placebo works is how we percieve the medicine/treatment.

Tic tacs wouln't work as well as fake medicine (aka homeopathy) because they don't look as "official".

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