Big Placebo™ strikes again.

Homeopathy and other bull$**t costs billions a year in economic waste. Also, did we mention it’s bull$**t?

What isn’t BS is the placebo effect, upon which most quackery relies. This effect is real, and we need to harness it and study it if we are to fight the destructive forces of magical thinking.

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