--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Ann" wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, nablusoss1008 wrote: > > > > > > Study: Participating in MahaKumbh improves physical and mental > > > well-being of Pilgrims; Positive impact remains even after > > > the event > > > > Otherwise known as the placebo effect. > > And what a powerful effect that is. It all comes down to the > mind and perception and by gum, if you think you feel better, > more enriched, enlivened, happy then who's to say you aren't? > What is real is pretty subjective most of the time, especially > if it has to do with what you are feeling (as in improvement > of "physical and mental well-being"). So no matter what you > want to call it "placebo" or otherwise, if you feel great > that's a pretty good indicator something positive (relatively > speaking) happened.
Either Barry has no idea what the placebo effect is, or he's just doing his button-pushing number.