--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Xenophaneros Anartaxius" wrote: <snip> > Ah. these jovial discussions. After all the research done on > the placebo effect, one can with fair confidence assume that > in any situation where people are either expecting a result, > or are engaged in some activity in which they have an invested > belief, the placebo effect is probably operating full blast.
Mmmm. Like attending the World Series? You missed the point *again*, Xeno. If a term is used too loosely, it begins to lose meaning.