Will_Newsome comments on Right for the Wrong Reasons - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Will_Newsome 24 January 2013 02:03:35AM *  9 points [-]

The placebo effect is perhaps exemplary? Many interventions do work, but their mechanism isn't the expected one, which can lead to poor decisions.