Assertion: acupuncture | /r/HasProperty | placebo
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text: However, the success of acupuncture in treating colic does advance the idea that, unless belief in acupuncture is genetic (and let’s be real—it isn’t) or passed along while it utero (similarly absurd), acupuncture isn’t just a placebo.
text: That study found no statistically significant difference between the acupuncture and sham acupuncture group, indicating once more that acupuncture is a placebo treatment.
text: This argument asserts that even if acupuncture is just a placebo effect, it still helps people.
text: Unfortunately, it is not well defended by actual evidence, so I want to talk about that evidence and explain why acupuncture is a placebo.
text: I thought it was full of beans because my mentor, Patrick Wall, said that acupuncture was just placebo, a distraction.
text: Bloggers, however, were quick to note that this study supports the idea that acupuncture is a placebo treatment (because there was no statistically significant difference between those reporting relief in the true acupuncture and the sham acupuncture groups).