seanadams;131603 Wrote: > It's called the "placebo effect". If you can only hear (or measure) > something like this in the absence of scientific controls, then it's > your imagination. > > It works exactly the same way that a sugar pill can cure all sorts of > things if your doctor tells you it will. For this reason, the FDA > requires double-blind tests of new drugs against a placebo. The body > has even been shown to _physically_ respond to saline solution in the > same way as morphine, if the patient thinks he's receiving more of it > after a dose of the real thing. It is not just a psychological trick. > > PS It's getting really hard to tell when you all are joking or not...
Well, I think we all know about the placebo effect. The reason I asked if the CEO knew something was to find out if you had actually done the scientific experiment, or not. Or are you just assuming it can't be true? One common fallacy is to write off everything as "placebo" because one can't be bothered to investigate further. Personally I keep an open mind until the experiment has been done. BTW, is the performance of the Transporter based on the placebo effect too? -- P Floding ------------------------------------------------------------------------ P Floding's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26436 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
