> > > > 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. > > authfriend: > Either Barry has no idea what the placebo effect is, > "Sometimes patients given a placebo treatment will have a perceived or actual improvement in a medical condition, a phenomenon commonly called the placebo effect."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo > or he's just doing his button-pushing number. > Some people just feel better when they have someone to talk to. Go figure.
