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[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

I wish I could remember what product this was, but many years ago there was some bullshit new age supplement that had "Guaranteed Placebo Effect" on the packaging.

[-] TheGiantKorean@lemmy.world 11 points 17 hours ago

Smell my feetment

Give me something good to eatment

[-] 10_0@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago

The trick is that its poison ๐Ÿ˜‚

[-] Dippy@beehaw.org 2 points 14 hours ago

Because it sounds more ethical when you call the control group placebo instead what they are, and expendable group of fools sacrificed for numerical convenience

[-] AbeilleVegane@beehaw.org 1 points 11 hours ago

I suppose in most clinical trials you would want to be in the placebo group, no?

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