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minus-squarebitjunkie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down1·2 days agoIt doesn’t ever work. It just occasionally coincides with reality.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·1 day agoIn some cases it does work. Believe can cause wonder healings. Not because of supernatural but because of subconscious.
minus-squareSylveon@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours agoIs there evidence that that’s actually what happens and not just e.g. spontaneous remission? But even if it’s true, if a drug works as well as placebo then we usually conclude that it doesn’t work. Also, people who know that someone else is praying for them actually have worse outcomes according to one of the most comprehensive studies ever done on this.
minus-squaretomiant@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·1 day agoAnd when you’re in a life and death situation, those odds are good enough.
It doesn’t ever work. It just occasionally coincides with reality.
In some cases it does work. Believe can cause wonder healings. Not because of supernatural but because of subconscious.
Is there evidence that that’s actually what happens and not just e.g. spontaneous remission? But even if it’s true, if a drug works as well as placebo then we usually conclude that it doesn’t work.
Also, people who know that someone else is praying for them actually have worse outcomes according to one of the most comprehensive studies ever done on this.
And when you’re in a life and death situation, those odds are good enough.