The mind of a creationist

[swarm]

And doctors use sugar pills. Because even placebos work, if people have enough faith they will.

Actually its more complex than that.

Thanks but no thanks, my father has never raised a hand to any of us.

Definately needs a good spank.

 

[S.A.M.]

Actually its more complex than that.

Positively idiopathic

Definately needs a good spank.

He was/is a smart man, he decided I was stubborn enough. It could be worse.

 

[swarm]

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Here is a good site for current information: http://www.placebo.ucla.edu/

Also there is frequently confusion between the effect of a placebo in control groups and the use of placebos as a treatment in and of itself.

Here is an example of the placebo effect in a control group from a study of minoxidil...

One study in healthy males aged 18–50 years with androgenetic alopecia (male pattern baldness) found that compared to a baseline of 103 to 106 hairs/cm2, those who applied of a 5% solution of minoxidil for 32 weeks increased their non-vellus hair counts by an average of 39 hairs/cm2, in contrast to 5 hairs/cm2 in subjects who received a placebo.
Rogaine Topical Solution 5%, at Pharmcom, 27 June 2009.

Note that the control group gained 5 hairs/cm2 just on the placebo as opposed to remaining the same or losing hair.

 

[swarm]

He was/is a smart man, he decided I was stubborn enough. It could be worse.

Its not about him and you aren't a child any more...

 

[S.A.M.]

No, but I still don't work well with coercion, or violence.

I'm not a believer in suffering in silence. I hit back.

 

[(Q)]

No, but I still don't work well with coercion, or violence.

I'm not a believer in suffering in silence. I hit back.

Then, you DO work well with violence.

 

[NMSquirrel]

Originally Posted by S.A.M.
No, but I still don't work well with coercion, or violence.

I'm not a believer in suffering in silence. I hit back.

Then, you DO work well with violence.

she's got you there sam..

 

[earth]

Here is a good site for current information: http://www.placebo.ucla.edu/

Thanks swarm,

I appreciate your enlightening comments.

 

[iceaura]

Anyone know if medical placebos tend work better among creationists, on average?

 

[786]

Placebo simply shows benefits of 'faith' in general. And what I mean by 'faith' is simply that, nothing related to religion.

Peace be unto you