On Sat, 2006-09-02 at 19:06 -0700, shadoi wrote: > That's incorrect. From wikipedia: "...is the phenomenon that a > patient's symptoms can be alleviated by an otherwise ineffective > treatment, since the individual expects or believes that it will work."
Wikipedia is great resource when you're arguing about the number of female smurfs. In can be a useful resource when looking for a decent launching point to research a technical computer topic. In this case, I think a site like dictionary.com would be a better choice. Just as easy to use, but more reliable. As it turns out, you're both wrong. A placebo is "the vespers of the office for the dead: so called from the initial word of the first antiphon, taken from Psalm 114:9 of the Vulgate." http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=placebo&x=0&y=0 No... wait... that can't be right. Maybe I meant: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=placebo+effect&x=0&y=0 > It's also a fairly decent band. It's also so far removed from the topic > of this mailing list that I think you're all Nazis. > > -Blake > > P.S. I hereby invoke Godwin's law. You forgot there's an explicit exception to Godwin's law: it has no effect if deliberately invoked. Fascist. -- Stuart Jansen e-mail/jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] google talk: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results." -- Winston Churchill
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