tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post8375444064522570226..comments2024-03-27T10:29:06.518-04:00Comments on A Natural Scientist: PlaceholderJenny F. Scientisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07072624674603337551noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-71753894295566889612018-09-19T04:17:07.686-04:002018-09-19T04:17:07.686-04:00I'm totally with you! Placebo can only work wh...I'm totally with you! Placebo can only work when you know / believe that you are being treated with something that's supposed to make you feel better. So placebo for non-humans only works if the non-human understands the intention of the treatment. Of course, it might also work if the treatment in question is enjoyable and therefore makes one feel better just by making one happy. This might work for giving your dog a chocolate bar or something, but care to guess how many dogs understand and/or enjoy the concept of acupuncture? Really, you'd think people these days had a bit more brain to go with all their good intentions regarding the non-human population of this planet...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-37877473974389496682018-09-14T21:04:21.511-04:002018-09-14T21:04:21.511-04:00I'm pretty sure placebos work better on humans...I'm pretty sure placebos work better on humans than llamas! When I tell you it was acupuncture for household pets you will feel my pain. I'm willing to posit that you think mustard might have a measurable effect that can be attributed to something more specific than hand waving, too! Jenny F. Scientisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07072624674603337551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36650952.post-74359252607938225702018-09-14T19:51:50.333-04:002018-09-14T19:51:50.333-04:00Placebo effect, OTOH, has been proven effective in...Placebo effect, OTOH, has been proven effective in multiple studies. What I object to is paying $30 for a tiny bottle of placebo, especially if I'm just going to be dosing llamas.<br /><br />I have a bottle of cheap mustard that I put on the canker of my apricot tree. Will it help? Maybe! It was $2. I admit, I'm dosing one apricot tree and not the other to see if the disease progresses any slower in the treated tree. Results are currently inconclusive. It's a terribly small sample size, too.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03276995787173932700noreply@blogger.com