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| Nov 29, 2023 at 22:12 | comment | added | Scott Rowe | Right. The placebo effect is not in any way mysterious. It is just the statement that humans, animals, etc, tend to survive things more often than being killed by them. If that was not true, we would not be here. | |
| Nov 28, 2023 at 22:17 | comment | added | Pseudonym | Oh, I see. Got it. I thought you were saying that any positive mental health effects of religion can be attributed to the placebo effect. This has been tested and it's not true, but it's also not true that ONLY religion can provide those positive effects. | |
| Nov 28, 2023 at 10:35 | comment | added | AnoE | I don't see how it is a stronger claim. The key word is "can" here. That is to say, we have at least the placebo effect as scientifically proven. My answer does not say that believing in religion or Christinanity specifically leads to a better life, but that there is at least one data point that is proven. Hence "can". | |
| Nov 28, 2023 at 2:33 | comment | added | Pseudonym | "belief in something, no matter whether wrong or false, can lead to improved mental health" This is a much stronger claim than a placebo effect. It's also part of the theory behind psychotherapy and counselling, after all. | |
| Nov 27, 2023 at 10:56 | history | edited | AnoE | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 27, 2023 at 10:27 | history | answered | AnoE | CC BY-SA 4.0 |