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The Strange Powers of the Placebo Effect

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Uploaded on Feb 5, 2011

A look at the many strange effects of placebos.

Created by:
Daniel Keogh - http://www.twitter.com/ProfessorFunk
Luke Harris - http://www.lukeharrisgraphics.com

Recommended Links:
Ben Goldacre's book 'Bad Science' has an excellent chapter on placebos
http://www.badscience.net/
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bad-Science-B...

The Wikipedia page on Placebos is pretty excellent too:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo

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  • CrazyDelcyTV

    CrazyDelcyTV 4 months ago

    "shiny and shit" was so unexpected. lmao.

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  • SpaceRajan

    SpaceRajan 4 months ago

    A wonderful presentation about a wonderful phenomenon!

    Where do I get to follow you?

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  • CrazyDelcyTV

    CrazyDelcyTV 6 days ago

    You shouldn't, lol, not until u've watched the video. You must be new to youtube :) Welcome

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    WS9167 6 days ago

    so I'm never going to read the comments again.

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  • barracudagames

    barracudagames 2 weeks ago

    Interesting!

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  • Mohamud Aden

    Mohamud Aden 2 weeks ago

    Our consciousness is very powerful. If you just believe anything can happen

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  • keru chan

    keru chan 2 weeks ago

    what is the sofware you worked with plz? !! 

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  • ellenfan1919

    ellenfan1919 3 weeks ago

    THIS VIDEOS A PLACEBO

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  • TheHouseOfJokes

    TheHouseOfJokes 3 weeks ago

    I got a lot of enjoyment from your video. A great share for sure.

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  • Lord Geezmo

    Lord Geezmo 1 month ago

    Why did you die of that?

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    Rahma Farag 1 month ago

    AHAHAHAHA omg i died!

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  • John Aberle

    John Aberle 1 month ago

    I intellectually knew that the mind was powerful. However, seeing the results of these placebo studies is amazing.

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