Attention, New Age Freaks and Weirdos.

[hooplala]

I used to run clinical trials for pharmeceutical research. At the place where I worked, we ran trials in the winter for treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder. We also had some studies on Depression.

My boss' comment on SAD patients was "I don't think it's an actual disorder so much as a personality type that loves to complain." If the only criteria for judgement of this was their research folders, this hypothesis would be supported - the SAD patients, in general, complained much more than the people who were clinically depressed. Furthermore, the criteria for SAD was vague, permissive... there were probably a number of people in the study who didn't quite have SAD, technically speaking. But still - their condition seemed to improve in both groups - those getting the study medication and those getting placebo. Maybe placebo is the cure for any psychosomatic illness. food for thought.



(PS: I do believe that SAD is "real", but I think a lot of people that claim to have it don't actually know what they're talking about)

Probably the same people who have "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome".

[Adjective Noun]

Yep, sugar pills are the #1 cure for imaginary illnesses. On a related note, it may interest some of you to know of a branded placebo called, with wonderful imagination, obecalp. Yes, you can now buy 'pharmaceutical grade' imaginary cures off the internet.

[Cain]

Whoever invented that is a genius.

[LMNO]

Now I want a bottle of it.

[Jasper]

I need some Obecalp for my acute onset discordianism.

[Adjective Noun]

http://www.placebostore.com/obecalp-chewable-tablets.html knock yourselves out.

[Jasper]

Apparently lies sell well.

*guffaw*

[That One Guy]

Apparently lies sell well.

*guffaw*

Yes they do, indeed! See, for example, well ... all of recorded history 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Whatever I believe masturbation cures all ills.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

(Also, quit eating the fucking Menu, Spag.)

Tasty.

But the cold, hard truth is that magic is bullshit, no matter how much you roll around in it.

[Triple Zero]

I wonder if anyone has ever tried to do a somewhat objective study?  I'm thinking any study which has been done is probably heavily on one side or the other...

my university does studies on acupuncture.

it seems to work really, except they dont know how

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

(Also, quit eating the fucking Menu, Spag.)

Tasty.

But the cold, hard truth is that magic is bullshit, no matter how much you roll around in it.

Magic as Superpowerz... yes, I agree... Magic as a model, a system of self-pyshcotherapy etc... then I think you're wrong.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

(Also, quit eating the fucking Menu, Spag.)

Tasty.

But the cold, hard truth is that magic is bullshit, no matter how much you roll around in it.

Magic as Superpowerz... yes, I agree... Magic as a model, a system of self-pyshcotherapy etc... then I think you're wrong.

Well, if you just run around making up definitions for words to sound like a mystic, then who am I to stop you?

[Chairman Risus]

(Also, quit eating the fucking Menu, Spag.)

Tasty.

But the cold, hard truth is that magic is bullshit, no matter how much you roll around in it.

Magic as Superpowerz... yes, I agree... Magic as a model, a system of self-pyshcotherapy etc... then I think you're wrong.

Well, if you just run around making up definitions for words to sound like a mystic, then who am I to stop you?

The Good Reverend Roger.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

(Also, quit eating the fucking Menu, Spag.)

Tasty.

But the cold, hard truth is that magic is bullshit, no matter how much you roll around in it.

Magic as Superpowerz... yes, I agree... Magic as a model, a system of self-pyshcotherapy etc... then I think you're wrong.

Well, if you just run around making up definitions for words to sound like a mystic, then who am I to stop you?

The Good Reverend Roger.

Point.