On 03/26/10 09:53, Darren New wrote:
> I'm saying if you test 100 people with placebos today, maybe 35 will
> feel better.  If you tested 100 people with placebos 25 years ago, maybe
> only 25 will feel better. It hasn't anything to do with the medicine
> getting weaker. It's only getting weaker *relative* to the placebo.

	Dan Ariely got an Ig Noble Prize for showing that expensive placebos
are more effective than cheap ones.

	Point being that a lot of other factors dictate the effectiveness of a
placebo. Some of those may be the reason for what you're describing.

-- 
Mary had a little lamb, a little beef, and a little ham.

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