Assertion: acupuncture | /r/HasAspect | strong placebo component
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text: Understanding placebos is important, because as I will demonstrate in a minute, acupuncture has a strong placebo component (indeed, that seems to be the entirety of its effects), but many of the studies on it did not use a placebo (which is usually something like a sham needle that doesn’t actually penetrate the skin or even a toothpick).