Check out this brilliant talk from @mikehall314 at last year's #qedcon all about #placebo - what it is, and most importantly, what it isn't!
#Stats nerds, you'll love it. Medics should all watch it.

No thanks to Ben Goldacre, so many otherwise skeptical people consider this particular brand of Magic to be the one that Actually Works.
Nope.

#sitp #medicalMyths #pseudoscience #skepticism #skeptics #science #scicomm #statistics #badstats https://qedcon.org/news/2023/rewatch-mike-hall-the-placebo-myth-2022

More wishful thinking than medical reality: “Placebos” by Kathryn T. Hall
Dave Hahn

The 'powerful placebo' is a seductive myth that Kathryn T. Hall's "Placebos" can't resist, even though her grand claims clearly misinterpret what the best available evidence says

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2022/12/more-wishful-thinking-than-medical-reality-placebos-by-kathryn-t-hall/

#Placebo #Placebos #Skeptic #CriticalThinking #MedicalMyths

More wishful thinking than medical reality: “Placebos” by Kathryn T. Hall
Dave Hahn

The 'powerful placebo' is a seductive myth that Kathryn T. Hall's "Placebos" can't resist, even though her grand claims clearly misinterpret what the best available evidence says

https://www.skeptic.org.uk/2022/12/more-wishful-thinking-than-medical-reality-placebos-by-kathryn-t-hall/

#Placebo #Placebos #Skeptic #CriticalThinking #MedicalMyths

Gaslighting meeting using the term post-pandemic.

#MedicalMyths #COVIDisAirborne #covid #CovidIsNotOver

The 8 glasses of water a day myth is one of the most well known and durable #MedicalMyths out there.

https://www.standard.co.uk/tech/science/science-women-b1042514.html