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Position:Home>Philosophy> If a placebo works, is it any less real then the "real" thing?Question: If a placebo works, is it any less real then the "real" thing!? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: perspective is reality truth is perspective get a man to believe in something, and he'll think its real is it less real!? yeah, but he wont be able to tellWww@QuestionHome@Com It proves that placebo is the "real" thing to cure sickness caused by psychological problem!. You know, since that sickness is "not real", then the placebo (="not real") become the "real" thing for it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com I don't think there is a single disease or illness, including psychological illnesses, that has been cured by a placebo!. Even if it seemed to work, it might just be a coincidence as some conditions can clear up on their own!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Even in the so called real medicine, there is an element of placebo that works!. If someone believes that the real medicine is not going to work, it will not yield the desire result!.Www@QuestionHome@Com If a placebo works then your issue is psychological!. Taking a pill designed to do nothing just to have it work is mind over matter!.!.!. proving that your issues werent physical to begin withWww@QuestionHome@Com Yes because what ever the real thing has in it is extra-stuff you probably didn't need in the first place! That would prove mind over matter so to speak!Www@QuestionHome@Com |