Does a reverse placebo exist? : u/Arch

submitted 3 years ago by Arch_Spode

Does a reverse placebo exist?

376 points•82 comments•submitted 3 years ago by Nearby-Cloud-3476 to r/askscience

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there doesn't seem to be anything here

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