It’s not stupid if it works
Comment on Placeboz
thatsTheCatch@lemmy.nz 5 weeks agoI agree. However, to me, something feels wrong about companies making money selling a product to people with the promise that they work when they don’t actually do anything in and of themselves. It’s false advertising plus taking money out of people’s pockets.
el_abuelo@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
IIRC, studies have also shown that the cost of the placebo had a direct correlation to the efficacy. Ah yes: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4345649/
AeroLemming@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Put it on 90% “sale” all the time.
I know that’s illegal, but when have laws mattered to pharmaceutical companies?
lars@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks ago
Oh my gosh. My brain is so stupid, is the author of this message.