Posted by:
Stray Mutt
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Date: January 19, 2011 10:44AM
I assume you're all familiar with the placebo effect. Well, today I learned about the anti-placebo effect, where if a subject believes something might have negative effects, it will.
Mormonism exploits this phenomenon, warning that all sorts of harmless things have negative effects. Then, when the faithful encounter those things, they feel bad. "Oooo, the prophet was right! I sense a dark spirit about (insert harmless thing here)."
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/19/2011 10:53AM by Stray Mutt.