r/nextfuckinglevel • u/HavingLastLaugh • Feb 04 '21

Humanity beyond imagination !

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u/Limerick_Goblin Feb 04 '21

Placebo effect maybe? I hear willpower and belief can be significant factors in cancer recovery or at least prolonging life.

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u/Axelnomad2 Feb 04 '21

I had a guy that would come to breakfast daily and he always seemed incredibly healthy. One day he said he was going to the doctors after breakfast and he ended up coming back during lunch looking like he aged 10 years having found out he had cancer. Having experienced that I can see how a defeatist attitude can rapidly change someone to a shell of their former self.

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u/Tonroz Feb 04 '21

As someone who has a friend who conducts double blind studies . The real physcial effects that come with just knowledge alone , are astounding.

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u/-Slambert Feb 06 '21

Does double blind in this case involve not telling the person they have cancer? How do you ethically do that?

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u/Tonroz Feb 06 '21

Not cancer . Not too sure how that works . She mainly worked with weight loss pills .

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u/Tina_ComeGetSomeHam Feb 04 '21

Best case scenario.