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If not placebo, then what? (That's all I ask.)

The original statement was yours, not mine – mine was a reply to the original statement and I did not use the terms ‘believes’ and ‘placebo’ pejoratively or dismissively. Once again, I used those terms as the only possible explanation (in my view) for the efficacy of the two ‘tweaks’ I cited. Your reiteration of the power of placebo to “really work” would seem to make my point – you are, in fact, implying that placebo is the mode of operation, just as I suspected.

For crying out loud, I stated that I wasn’t being dismissive about placebo effect. I NEVER claimed that I wasn’t dismissive about these so-called tweaks. Give me ONE good reason why I should NOT be. Stop distorting my statements – I’m being clear and direct. Calling me dismissive does not speak in support of your position.

I could teach a course on the history of science. You say ‘people like you’ without having any knowledge (apparently) of my educational background, or how I think. You seem to equate skepticism with a closed mind. That displays a gross misunderstanding of the term. Rigorous science demands testing, and the more extraordinary the hypothesis, the more extraordinarily well-tested the evidence must be – this is simply science and it is the arduous route by which every hypothesis ascends toward theory. You’re absolutely right; I did read that somewhere – Science 101. You are using a predictable tactic – deflection via ad hominem attacks. It’s usually an indication of a vacuous argument.

Did you actually suggest that mine is more a couch-potato science? Mine is RIGOROUS science; science without rigor is couch-potato science. Any hypothesis is first and foremost TESTABLE (again, Science 101). There’s no ‘wink wink, nod nod’ in my statement about skeptical thinking; once again, I’m being clear and direct. Who, by the way, is being patronizing (you or I)?


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