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Atheists, smarter than theists?
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RE: Atheists, smarter than theists?
December 17, 2013 at 12:20 pm
The placebo effect only works if the patient is convinced he's getting the real deal...
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RE: Atheists, smarter than theists?
December 17, 2013 at 2:15 pm
(December 17, 2013 at 12:20 pm)pocaracas Wrote: The placebo effect only works if the patient is convinced he's getting the real deal...
Actually, this is not true

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Ado...ne.0015591

The placebo effect is without doubt one of the most fascinating things in medicine!
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RE: Atheists, smarter than theists?
December 17, 2013 at 2:25 pm
(December 17, 2013 at 2:15 pm)Jacob(smooth) Wrote:
(December 17, 2013 at 12:20 pm)pocaracas Wrote: The placebo effect only works if the patient is convinced he's getting the real deal...
Actually, this is not true

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Ado...ne.0015591

The placebo effect is without doubt one of the most fascinating things in medicine!

I find that paper strange...
But they do address that strangeness at the end...
"given the impossibility of double-blind assessment of open placebo versus no-treatment control, the effects of report bias cannot be eliminated. Another related limitation is that patients assigned to no-treatment may have been disappointed, thus inflating the differences between open-label placebo and no-treatment control groups. "

It seems the placebo effect of the placebo works! Wink
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RE: Atheists, smarter than theists?
December 17, 2013 at 2:37 pm
Quote:I find that paper strange...
But they do address that strangeness at the end...
"given the impossibility of double-blind assessment of open placebo versus no-treatment control, the effects of report bias cannot be eliminated. Another related limitation is that patients assigned to no-treatment may have been disappointed, thus inflating the differences between open-label placebo and no-treatment control groups. "

It seems the placebo effect of the placebo works! Wink

It is a headfuck isn't it! But one has to go with the evidence. The fact is that the people who had the placebo, even knowing it was a placebo, did better than the ones without. Obviously most studies are designed to eliminate the placebo effect so the usual rules don't really apply when that is what we are testing!

I'm actually not all that surprised. It reflects what I've observed.

Without doubt one of my top 5 pieces of research ever.
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RE: Atheists, smarter than theists?
December 17, 2013 at 3:39 pm
If we are thinking of educated people to answer , and who can question the things around ; every smart person is theist , whereat theists are smarter than atheists .

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RE: Atheists, smarter than theists?
December 17, 2013 at 3:51 pm
(December 17, 2013 at 3:39 pm)Nineteen Wrote: If we are thinking of educated people to answer , and who can question the things around ; every smart person is theist , whereat theists are smarter than atheists .

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RE: Atheists, smarter than theists?
December 17, 2013 at 5:37 pm
She really is the paradigmatic evidence of the contrary, isn't she? (assuming a she)
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RE: Atheists, smarter than theists?
December 17, 2013 at 5:40 pm
Rude does not = smart.
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RE: Atheists, smarter than theists?
December 17, 2013 at 5:40 pm
She must be smarter than us. I mean, look at how many of us she has on ignore. A veritable testament to her intelligence.
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RE: Atheists, smarter than theists?
December 17, 2013 at 5:42 pm
(December 17, 2013 at 5:40 pm)Lion IRC Wrote: Rude does not = smart.

Thank you captain obvious!
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