On 05/02/2013 09:01 PM, Stephen wrote:
> On 05/02/2013 8:09 PM, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>> but that doesn't make it
>> actually /do/ anything different to what a normal block of lard does...
>
> Au contraire.
> If you believe it does you good then sometimes it can. The mind is a
> very strange thing. You have heard of the placebo effect, I presume.

The placebo effect is strongest on things which are not objectively 
measurable. So I guess it depends what you're expecting this stuff to do.

But mostly I just hate the cynical use of psuedo-scientific phrases in 
an attempt to make the same old product sound like something 
revolutionary and new. It cheapens real science.

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