What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore? - eviltoast
    • Jorgelino@lemmy.ml
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      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”.