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Times People Witnessed The Placebo Effect Working Its Magic

Humans are very suggestable beings, and every one of us is not immune to BS. We are so not immune to BS that we can actually convince ourselves that something is working. When it comes to health, work, or even delusions of our own funkiness, there's a place for the placebo effect to take hold and influence our understanding of reality. For some straight up widely-accepted trickery, here are some obvious scams that people still fall for.

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Posted by Eric Lund
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