[Nebullis]

The placebo effect applied to the magnetized bands. It was a separate issue.

The question about the prayer study (familiar, because AndrewC used to post this type of thing) concerns background effects, not placebo effects. Whas there a negative control? Let's just say all the "targets" in that study had universal coverage on the order of 100,000 prayers from individuals around the world. How could an additional, say, 1000 prayers have such a massive effect? What does that say about the 100,000? We don't have the exact figures, I realize that, but I wonder if the Duke researchers even know that there are lots of people who pray for others without knowing their names or their conditions?

[Virginia-American]

Another story about the prayer study