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lil · 2860 days ago · link · · parent · post: Who do you trust? Your Doctor or Your Psychic? - Conversation with My Sister
Thanks, I get that. It's complicated, because of the placebo effect. It's complicated for what spoons said. Science is hard to understand. Magic is easy to understand. I wish it were the other way around.
Existentialist · 2860 days ago · link ·
When it comes to psychics (or are you talking about acupuncture?), it isn't so much a placebo effect as it is the psychic making very broad, generalized statements that could be applied to near anyone or any situation.It's complicated, because of the placebo effect.
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Existentialist · 2859 days ago · link ·
A friend? Wow. I feel that makes it worse. I can understand lying to strangers for the sake of your job, but I could never do something like that to a friend... Have you met this psychic friend? Do they seem delusional? Do you think they believe they are psychic?