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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  In some cases it does work. Believe can cause wonder healings. Not because of supernatural but because of subconscious.

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  • sylveon@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Is there evidence that that’s actually what happens and not just e.g. spontaneous remission? But even if it’s true, if a drug works as well as placebo then we usually conclude that it doesn’t work.

    Also, people who know that someone else is praying for them actually have worse outcomes according to one of the most comprehensive studies ever done on this.

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• tomiant@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  And when you’re in a life and death situation, those odds are good enough.

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