I will however admit I am jealous of the ease with which placebo works. Just like homeopathy, I am not really mad about the widespread fraudulent practice, there are many such cases in society. It's the fact that it _does_ work for many that annoys me.
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RT @acidicchew
i sympathize with the postrat-y assessment that "humans/society is far too complex to properly use bayesian reasoning/formal logic for so you're better off using someth…
https://twitter.com/acidicchew/status/1420289647691894784
How dare your self-healing mechanism be triggered by such a stupid fucking thing. I am automatically disqualified from this just because I'm not <95 IQ? Not fair! Yet this subgroup of postrats can override their BS detecting mechanism for their own good... I'll proceed to seethe
