i dont suppose that any of you have considered
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i dont suppose that any of you have considered
that this is a research project on placebo affect and you are all unknowing subjects?
i suppose though, that if this was true, you could sue the owners of the company for larceny by trick
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i suppose though, that if this was true, you could sue the owners of the company for larceny by trick
= $
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Isn't the very definition of a placebo "Something that tricks the brain into rendering a desired affect"?
Now, let's take what binuaral beats (which is what I-Doser does) do, they modify the brain's current state through sensory input. If a beat sequence mimics the effect of an anti-depressant by using sound, and it has that affect on the brain, wouldn't that be "tricking" the brain; so the speak?
When people dismiss binuaral beats as only a placebo, they are generally using only one interpretation of "placebo"- the idea that "Oh, they just read it, listen to some noises, and go 'Yeah! I really felt that!!!', but only because that's what they WANTED to feel." They don't look at it like "Hm, so the soundwaves are tricking the brain into *insert effect here*".
Now, let's take what binuaral beats (which is what I-Doser does) do, they modify the brain's current state through sensory input. If a beat sequence mimics the effect of an anti-depressant by using sound, and it has that affect on the brain, wouldn't that be "tricking" the brain; so the speak?
When people dismiss binuaral beats as only a placebo, they are generally using only one interpretation of "placebo"- the idea that "Oh, they just read it, listen to some noises, and go 'Yeah! I really felt that!!!', but only because that's what they WANTED to feel." They don't look at it like "Hm, so the soundwaves are tricking the brain into *insert effect here*".
I was a heavy user of i-doser, but i stopped for my two month holidays... And i didnt feel the need to use i-doser at all... But i can understand what you mean...Ness wrote:^Cocaine doesn't precipitate physical withdrawals. Cocaine addiction is a psychological thing. I-Doser has the same potential.
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Re: i dont suppose that any of you have considered
It's not a placebo... at least, not 100%. I can put my mp3 player on shuffle, not look at the screen, not recognize the dose by it's sounds, and still get the effect. But because I didn't know <i>which</i> dose I was taking, it rules out the placebo effect.