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12. Does “As If” Thinking Really Work?

No Stupid Questions

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The Plasibo Effect Is Like Magic, Right?

The pasiba effect is fascinating, because it was like magic, right? You give people a blue pill and it has nothing in it really. It has effects on their immune function, on what they do. And i think it is if you're tricked into thinking that this is an active alargy medication or that you really did have surgery on your knee that was endoscopic. There have been studies where there's fake surgery, even ragt placibo surgery literl They'll just do a little nick on your knee, and then it's like fake surgery. Is likei'm a different person.

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