Penn and Teller: Placebo Effect

[sirvalet]

time to lurk in hedge for fresh snails ;)

[HDCYTY]

lol

[enyskept]

It's sad how easy it is to exploit peoples ignorance...

[Metknot666]

LOL @ 6:36 She still has a snail on her head hahahahaha.

[kansasyoda]

lol the mucus mask looks like giant moles

[XxxxExclusivexxxX]

when she put on the magno hat with the gloves and started walking around the mall like a crazy lady i just died

[Lisztman88]

There are a host of herbs and supplements with a proven track record and health benefits to the body. Some in fact are extraordinary. All you have to do is research. Penn and Tellers intentions are good, but my fear is that people are going to see this video and assume that just because something is "alternative" means it doesn't work.

[GND71]

240p we meet again

[chemanika]

this dont probe so much the Placebo Effect as of how stupid people is... just saying

[Yonschnee]

He would make the best april fools jokes! xD

[johnny102marvin]

Yes, please do a Bull Shit video on main stream medicine's use of chemo therapy for cancer....and also throw in bull shit surgery as a cancer cure....or radiation therapy for a cancer cure.

[wgfcrafty]

@johnny102marvin Yeah.... It's EVIDENCE based medicine that DOES NOT show NULL results in double blind peer reviewed studies that is bullshit....

[vishva8kumara]

As per magnets.. they can make you dumb. It is found that pigeons sent through a strong magnetic field can't find their way and loses their abilities to fly properly.

[vishva8kumara]

I think the snails would really work, but I'm not ready to try it myself.. Better to a scientific study about the snail massage. They could be eating dead skin cells and leave a mucous trail behind. Eew!! that sounds too gross to me. But compared to the cheap by-product chemicals in cosmetics I think snails are much better.

[julessmit223]

snails are fucking cool. 6:02 LOL snail shitted on her cheek!

[julessmit223]

snails are fucking cool.

[Emidretrauqe]

snails are actually kinda cute.

[okimas]

@Emidretrauqe lol they actually do sell snail mask sheets on ebay. On the description it says "snail secretion extract which is good for skin soothing and moisturizing"

Makes me start to wonder if it actually does work.

[occe22]

What if that snail shit actully worked? O:

[antdez1]

humans = EPIC FAIL

[njskiinglegend]

Fake medicine will continue to thrive as long as there are assholes who believe it out there. And I don't see a shortage of assholes any time soon.

[Youngstargh]

@6:50 is that snail shit on her face? lol

[rcbowstring123]

I love snails, they taste really good. :)

[ozzyhendrix619]

1: Aquire Magnet (bro tip: use magnet for faster aquiring) 2.Run Magnet Up And Down Arm 3: NO MORE PAIN! U Jelly Doctor fags?

[b1bIs1337]

@ozzyhendrix619 problem health care crisis?

[iGeckoGaming]

@ozzyhendrix619

You cured my cancer /b/ro!!!

[TheForgottenMarioBro]

@ozzyhendrix619 Oh my fucking lord, comment of the year.

[DeadlyDeathOfTheDead]

She didn't notice that the man is holding a BIGASS magnet like it weighs two pounds?

[SirHenryKrinkle]

Powerbalance anyone ?

[iLockerz]

hmm maybe thisis how p90x works

[tom1161]

SOLD

[missemilyjd]

that snail one was soo grosssssssss :O

[VVVic411]

This cracks me up!, But I feel sorry about all those people.

[MackerLiverpool]

Imagine trying to get through Airport Security in one of those chiropractic coats! eesh....

[ericli51]

Fucking Magnets, how do they work?

[Rogelangaz07CRonaldo]

...erm id pay..200 bucks? SOLD!! Hahhaha

[SuaveTito]

Interestingly enough, there have been tests done that show in some cases, placebos do the trick as well as their real counterparts, even if the patients know they're getting one.

[blackkat77]

OMG SO FUNNY and educational!

[SpringChills]

THE SNAILSSSSS?? argh! They are on the lips and people go, "oh yeah it feels great!" I would want to peel off my skin with my bare hands!!!

[MuteHelperComments]

I've been waiting for that one person to say: "Are you fucking kidding me?! Snails? Are you a fucking retard?! This is bulsshit!" .... But it never happens

[TommyBShow]

Every time I watch something like this I just hope for the sake of humanity that its all actors or something haha

[infernus024]

LOL

[everyoneSalegend]

DR (via walkie-talkie): "Now while you're walking, if your feel a bit heavy on the back you should ask someone to redistribute those weights for you, so they make a letter D, for dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb!"

[cubeloveme33]

lOl they are nice and cool on my face LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[joemplascencia]

Wow, this is hard to watch.

[pleex]

this should be called chiropractic medicine

[PanayotiProductions]

@pleex fuckoff idiot. my back was way out of place and banged out, about 30 chiropractic sessions later my back and neck is mostly in place.

[tazi69]

the second guy sure was a shill

[marleySux]

maybe they were lying to get on tv :)

[slytherin0queen]

God i love penn and teller

[JayHammer27]

Lulz

[londonmandem]

she still had a snail near her right ear

[unxryder]

30 Mormons watched this video.

[dodgers162003]

@unxryder

haha that joke has already been used. Why did you say it again? Is it because ur not funny lol? Can you enlighten me, are Mormons hypochondriacs?

[Valca000]

A Nigerian scammer's heaven... anyone got that lady's email?

[modshroom]

they are nice and cool on my face

[cubedotcomdotmy]

Anthony Robbins Voice?

[cubedotcomdotmy]

Anthony Robbins VO?

[poekie2008]

americans, how stupid they are....

[olegaaso]

@poekie2008 Americans aren't especially stupid - there's gullible people like this all over the world. I live in Norway, and here even our own Princess (Märtha Louise) claims that she can speak with animals and angels - and has since 2006 made money from her own alternative medical school. James Randi, who visited Oslo yesterday, repeatedly stated that Norwegians deserve better. Still - alternative treatment swindles people for more than 1 billion dollars domestically each year. Horrible!

[Drgamedood]

@olegaaso lol seriously? perhaps the Norwegian people should consider abolishing the monarchy.

[hxcdsal89]

Stupid americans

[secureAEA]

Yup I've gotten someone drunk and another person to think they are on ecstasy simply by emphasizing the familiar effects of the chemicals (alcohol and ecstasy) to them so much they felt "a lil tipsy" and "i think it kicked in" lol gotta love the human mind

[SalukAntiwii]

Fucking magnets, how DO they work?

[Elestareus]

Mind over matter?

[LoganMauz]

God, we are some dumb motherfuckers!

[AMpr0d]

i do feel? wow

[LennartCrescens]

@ 4:25 did he really say 400 bucks???

[AMpr0d]

@LennartCrescens i think it was 200

[imabroncofan7]

@LennartCrescens "upwards to about 200 bucks"

[PiippoJr]

29 Mormons watched this video.

[LEFT4BASS]

@PiippoJr Actually, I'm Mormon and I loved this video.

[StewartLucrative]

@LEFT4BASS shut up. no one cares

[LEFT4BASS]

@StewartLucrative Wow overreactive.

[ontariobuds]

Who knows, maybe snails on the face really does feel nice. Maybe it does do good things for your skin.

I don't think anybody has really tried it before so this could be a first!

[Bojoe777NaBl]

a radio... xD

[XxMissNoNamexX]

6:38 Please tell me that's not one on her ear still.

[shin1300]

Epic troll >:D

[tycho042]

god, I can only HOPE they told these people they were completely fooled after the airing of this

[TheDano1947]

The placebo effect can trigger dopamine and in some cases can actually cause the body to heal itself and that's the power of faith. No always a good thing but not necessarily a bad thing.

[Ludd3332]

@TheDano1947 It has nothing to do with faith, "faith" is placebo ^^

[marcopaulo037]

@TheDano1947 it ain't really the power of faith...that would be hoping something worked rather than being tricked into thinking something is surely?

[StrikerX10]

Only in america

[TheMarine250789]

6:00 OMG it's a snail gang bang pileup lmao.

[TheMarine250789]

There is no cure for fucking STUPIDITY, overpopulation is the cause.

[aba2185]

he looks like he is strapped with bombs with that coat

[shai25204]

it is all about state of mind, if you believe in something.. (which you believe too hard) you may feel the thing is working.. huhuhu

[aba2185]

@shai25204 i heard it works even if they know the pill is a dud

[5150jafo]

They should have tried to tell everyone there is an omnipotent being watching every move they make ; )

[chadspry]

They probably do feel there face tightening because the snail trails dry into a smaller crispy line of nasty shit...

[ZachZachanally]

@OvoJeBosnaProducttion

you're right. every single American in this entire world is a complete and utter idiot because a few people fell for fake medical procedures. they are so stupid.

[OvoJeBosnaProduction]

Americans. What can you say?

[thelevitatorss]

@OvoJeBosnaProduction

check out these americans.'

watch my vids

[ziosuna]

@OvoJeBosnaProduction that about 80% of us are idiots the rest of us hide in small holes and corners because we're scared. 

[JM1993951]

Is that the Ontarios Mills Mall?...............best mall so.

[Guynamedcolin]

Idiots

[LuckEnducedDeath]

I actually think I'd pay for the snail one. that one seems fun.

[joemaz]

The snail thing reminds me of that Refused video for "Rather Be Dead". Good stuff.

[dependsonwhatyousay]

im gonna sell rocks and im gonna call them magnetic rocks lol =) put one in your pocket and stay healthy rofl

[jeehoondevil]

and we have ducks in the background just to fuck with you

[R4PTORZWIN]

is that snail shit at 5:34 lol

[AtheistrEvolutionist]

People are dumb.

[MisterPixelsftw]

snail lmfao!

[magichristo]

A small rushing sensation

[lengman2112]

looool

[KDubMoney24]

LOL

[joeratti]

this is bullshit, the video that is. no fuckin way those black people would voluntarily have snails put on their face.

[RyderStudios]

@joeratti IT'S SOME SORTA WITCHCRAFT CONTROLLING THEIR FREE WILL OMFG!! XD what are you kidding me?

[RabidIceWeasel]

Ahahaha. Oh, people.

[LuneyTune72]

@RabidIceWeasel Thank god, this comment doesn't say, "Stupid Americans..." Thank you fellow YouTuber!

[ItzTheDean]

@LuneyTune72 thank god? what possibly could god have done to prevent someone from writing "Stupid Americans" on a youtube video? would the allegedly "all-knowing", "all-powerful", "omnipotent" creator of the universe really care about what someone is going to write on a video on youtube? what, did he magically prevent every person who was trying to write "Stupid Americans" on this video from writing it just for the special purpose of not making you mad because someone wrote it?

[LuneyTune72]

@ItzTheDean Relax. I was making a simple comment on how it's as if it's a miracle to see that someone was kind enough to write "people" (blaming all of the world) rather than a specific group, on YouTube. Also, if you really knew all the stuff that God is thanked for (existing or not) then you shouldn't be so surprised from a dumb YouTube comment.

I assume you had a bitch-fit earlier and want to take it online, but all you're going to receive is a slap in the face.

[HalfCelestialJux]

The human mind is prone to manipulation.

[nhskier4life]

These people are only responding the the experimenter expectancy effect. Still very funny.

[MT62]

I actually feel bad for these people, ugh.

[D4R3W]

ROFL this feels messed up..

[exposefraud]

This is the SAME way that the Amega Amwand and all the other SCAMS work!

[shadowscion]

dumb niggers

[mtflyer05]

6:34 she still had a snail on her right ear.

[Exarian]

did they ever tell the people they've been had?

[WEEZIEKANIZEE]

they would do the snail thing on the only black participant...

[RyderStudios]

@WEEZIEKANIZEE either that or since there was only two white people, white people are dumb, right? all i gotta say with comments like yours is that racism sure gets paid attention more than the topic trying to be expressed.

[miketonon]

To understand the truth, you have to understand whats going on and how deep it goes. The mainstream medical establishment has one prime concern, PROFIT! They want to keep people alive, but in need of their "medicine". Its not hard to understand, you just have to want to understand it enough.

There absolutely are alternatives to what is promoted by the mainstream medical industry, but the large majority of what is generally considered alternative is nonsense. I'll answer questions about this.

[waltoncats]

@miketonon Give us an example...

[miketonon]

@waltoncats, next time you start feeling sick or even if you are already sick, take about 10,000 iu of vitamin D3 until you feel better. The sickness will not be as bad and will go away faster. There have been times when I started this within a couple hours of feeling like I was getting sick and the next day I woke up feeling completely better.

[waltoncats]

@miketonon Why would I want hypercalceamia?

[miketonon]

@waltoncats, bullshit.

[DaniZeros]

@miketonon, Did't you say"I'll answer questions"?Nice answer was that.

I ask,what has to do vitamin D3 with feeling better?Of course,if you was"feeling like I was getting sick",and then you went to bed,you'll very probably"woke up feeling better",but because of sleeping,not because of some bizarre effects of vitamin D3.

Of course the medical stablishment have profits,because medicine is a business,don't know?

Read wikipedia if you want to know what is vitamin D3.

Sorry about my bad english.

[xxhintoftearsxx]

@miketonon I'm surprised that that much wouldn't cause overdose. You're only supposed to take around 2000iu a day.

[miketonon]

@xxhintoftearsxx, several doctors have told me around 5,000 iu every day is typical. Some people need more and some need less. I've had no problems taking that much for months.

[xxhintoftearsxx]

@miketonon Also, vitamins and supplements and all that jazz... They're not controlled by the FDA. This means that they do not legally require nearly as much research into whether or not they are safe or effective. Anyone can market a supplement and claim that it works... That doesn't mean it does.

[miketonon]

@xxhintoftearsxx, while thats technically true, the benefits typically outway the risk. If people would eat more raw, fresh produce, most vitamins probably wouldn't be necessary at all.

[xxhintoftearsxx]

@miketonon Not arguing with you. If one eats correctly, they can get all they need (and more) out of their diet. I was not denying that fact, but merely stating that supplements are not all they are cracked up to be.

[miketonon]

@xxhintoftearsxx, there are technologies that are quietly in use that can positively effect an individuals health when used in correlation to the life force in the body. I'll give you a hint; electricity.

[wesselbindt]

@miketonon

"Life force"? Please, elaborate.

[Lolznator]

HAHA she actually wears the magnohat XD people are so stupid (but I guess I'm not different)

[dillionmcrich]

the snails are cute!

[silentfades]

Interesting video and thanks for uploading

I wonder if there is a wide variety in outcome depending on / race /gender religous affiliation / socioeconomic status / education ect

That would be interesting to look into -

[Winstet420]

Attract the iron in the blood LAWLZ

[beachDH]

stupid

[bazzieboy]

It seems staged, for example the camera work with the guy walking on the ledge with his left leg.

[Turbonicz]

@bazzieboy Yes, because the whole world is staged and we're all here as actors. :D

[bazzieboy]

@Turbonicz It must be funny, but i don't get it in proportion to my comment :P...

[JeremyLeroy96]

@bazzieboy i see your point, but its supposed to be an experimental "treatment" they were told they were going on TV.

[pabobfin]

Amazing, I want me one of them summbitches

[thearmyofgreatness]

Fuckin magnets

[Maysuka]

@thearmyofgreatness How do they work?!

[misterkrft]

is that ontario mills mall? haha i work there

[BlackMagister]

6:40 Is that a snail still on her ear???

[joaquin3194]

i go to that mall :O its ontario mills!! :D

[esset1994]

SOLD ! HAHA I love this show !

[ThePinkBinks]

Where's part 2?

[kaasis85]

people like to believe in fairy tales because truth is ugly

[robaquarian]

i agree with penn in teller 50 percent of the time. but they are not as smart as people think they are. ive listened to penn he is not the most informed guy on anything. a lot of their points are emotionally driven

[huonx]

oh humanity!!

[cal2mon]

lol the snails are all over the place!

[FTMCuteStud83]

These people are crazy and those snails oh my god!

[SickThunderhead]

Fucking magnet, how do they work?

[sabbaths]

@SickThunderhead dumb ass

[bam10333333]

@SickThunderhead

Fucking magnets, how do they work?

Fix'd

[bokprop420]

@SickThunderhead fucking miracles!

[jdducut83]

holy shite is that ontario mills??

[nutzandboltz]

@jdducut83 lol thats what i said

[riflesnip7]

5:36 that snail left a surprise on her face XD

[BlackMagister]

Haha, these are the people those infomercials want.

[gammathetasbear]

aw hell naw, i lost it at the snail-facials

[BecuzIt]

Fucking magnets; how do they work

[Ele3tricEye]

the guy with the snails was admirably really gross

[IGNsucks]

man these guys must love their jobs, fucking with people and telling idiots to fuck off. it doesn't get better then that.

[YellowSunflowerSkies]

lmao these people are stupid.

[sincityfire]

6:36, Is there still a snail on her ear?!

[borderlander800]

i didnt know teller could talk...

[FromTheBXToTheNP]

.............wow. this is sad but funny. i love these kind of shows.

[PeaceLoveBud420]

lmfao at the lady walking around with the helmet

[EkedoFhang]

i actually wouldn't mind the snails on my face lol XD