Morendil comments on Fallacies of reification - the placebo effect - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Morendil 14 September 2012 07:23:39AM 2 points [-]

Yes, the distinction I'm drawing is between outcome measures that reflect voluntary behaviours (which can therefore be strongly influenced by expectations and so on) and involuntary physiological responses.