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Porcupine_I on 06 June 2011
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S____M____C____C said:
Porcupine_I said:
S____M____C____C said:
Sugar pills are placebo's. In other words, it's not the actual sugar that is supposed to make a change - but the mentality of the patients. They take the pill and believe they will get better, and so they might actually get better.

Placebo's have worked with many conditions. Don't think they would in this case though.

Aversion therapy can cure homosexuality.


First: it's not a placebo, it's homeopatic medication.

second: you cannot cure what is not an illness!

Soz, this is mad if it's not a placebo.

And it isn't an illness, I agree. But what other term can I use? Fixed? Altered?

actually in my own opinion it IS a placebo, the only difference is, that the doctor belives that it helps too!

as for the term, i do not know. i don't think there is one needed at all.



“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”

- George Orwell, ‘1984’