Your Mind Makes It Real: Difference between revisions

** The really crazy thing is, [http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/magazine/17-09/ff_placebo_effect?currentPage=all the placebo effect is getting stronger]. No, this is not about diseases that are neurological and therefore, sort of, "all in your head". ([[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|Which is not to say that they don't matter, but anyways]]...) Or at least, it's not ''entirely'' about diseases like that. Quite simply, [[Your Mind Makes It Real|Your Mind Is Making It Real More Easily]].

** The Placebo Effect is a major reason why medical pseudoscience like homeopathy and reiki continue to flourish despite the complete lack of supporting evidence.

* In general, its been proven that we're pretty easy to fool in this regard. A newer type of prosthetic limb channels physical feedback from the prosthetic to the stump. It doesn't take long for your mind to associate that stimulation with your prosthetic to the point that it feels like your actual limb. Also, VR can make you think a virtual image or a displaced image of something else is your real body. Our brains are built ready for cybernetic upgrades.

** And for the matter, unrelated studies and effects can offer interesting insight in to how much our brain fools us. During one brain surgery, one patient felt the presence of a non-existent person 'nearby'. Follow up tests/cases shows that a part of the brain responsible for the sense of personal location within 3d space was being triggered and manipulated resulting in people sensing and seeing what amounts to classical depictions of dopplegangers.