The telling tale of the ‘PLACEBO BANKER’ | Edzard Ernst

One argument I hear over and over again; it could be called ‘the fallacy of the benign placebo’ and goes like this:

• Alright, I accept that the evidence for xy isn’t brilliant. 
• I might even accept it is a pure placebo therapy. 
• But that is not important. 
• What counts is that it helps suffering patients. 
• Who cares […]

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