The Myth of the Placebo Effect
http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publicatio...ebo-effect
INTRO SUMMARY: The idea that inert treatments can be powerfully therapeutic — that our minds can be misled into healing our bodies — is so appealing that it has survived numerous debunkings. Nick Barrowman tells a tale of confused researchers, credulous reporters, and the public that just wants to believe.
Science Evolves. Will Science Education?
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20161012-...education/
INTRO SUMMARY: Science is a constantly changing, self-correcting process. Why do we teach it as a collection of old, settled facts?
http://www.thenewatlantis.com/publicatio...ebo-effect
INTRO SUMMARY: The idea that inert treatments can be powerfully therapeutic — that our minds can be misled into healing our bodies — is so appealing that it has survived numerous debunkings. Nick Barrowman tells a tale of confused researchers, credulous reporters, and the public that just wants to believe.
Science Evolves. Will Science Education?
https://www.quantamagazine.org/20161012-...education/
INTRO SUMMARY: Science is a constantly changing, self-correcting process. Why do we teach it as a collection of old, settled facts?