Responses interleaved below. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: > > I am curious because of the recent research > synopsized in Wired that shows that the effect > of the placebo effect is *increasing*. To the > point that drug companies are finding it diffi- > cult to prove the effectiveness of their drugs > because the placebo groups do just as well as > the on-the-real-drug groups. Have you seen this > research? If so, what do you think of it? > > http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/magazine/17-09/ff_placebo_effect?currentPage=all
If consciousness really is the substrate of creation and can influence the physical world, an increase in the effectiveness of the placebo effect may indicate a rise in collective consciousness. What people hold in consciousness is more likely to show up in their lives. If I'm interpreting that evidence correctly - that people's thoughts and feelings are having more of an influence in their lives - I have to wonder, do all thoughts and feelings have equal influence? For example, would thoughts and feelings of self-loathing promote illness just as powerfully as the placebo effect promotes relief from symptoms? Dunno.
