entirelyuseless comments on How could one (and should one) convert someone from pseudoscience? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: entirelyuseless 05 October 2015 01:29:19PM 4 points [-]

It seems likely to me that happy thoughts would in fact reduce the rate of death by cancer, although not by very much.

Comment author: [deleted] 05 October 2015 03:40:35PM 4 points [-]

The whole problem is that this is a belief that seems plausible - but is not evidence based.

There were a few promising studies, but the overall evidence base says that there's no effect.