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1 1. My use of placebo effect requires a qualification. The placebo effect in medicine is the tendency among patients to experience both subjective and, in some cases, objectively observable improvements in health after receiving treatment that should be inert. This is a purely psychological effect but the improvements could be in objectively measurable ways—such as reducing blood pressure or cholesterol. However, when I refer to a placebo effect, I mean that there literally is no improvement other than the subjective impression of an improvement.

2 2. Capt. A. C. Haynes, “United 232: Coping with the ‘One-in-a-Billion’ Loss of All Flight Controls,” Accident Prevention 48, June 1991.