Andrew Huberman· PhD
those Placebo effects are not acting directly on tumors to reduce their size or eliminate them
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We can't find evidence that holds up here. Proponents are reasoning from mechanism or analogy rather than direct human data, and the most credible skeptics raise objections we can't dismiss.
those Placebo effects are not acting directly on tumors to reduce their size or eliminate them
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placebos cannot reduce the size or eliminate tumors if people who unfortunately have tumors okay cancer are given a placebo and told this drug which actually is a placebo unbeknownst to them is going to reduce the size of your tumors or eliminate your tumors that Placebo is not effective in reducing the size or eliminating those tumors
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