Placebo Blocker

[[Two figures, one is monologuing]] Figure: Some reasearchers(hall et al, doi: 10.1015 molmed 2015 02 009) are starting to figure out the mechanism behind the placebo effect. We've used their work to create a new drug: a placebo effect blocker. Now we just need to run a trial! We'll get two groups, give them both placebos, then give one the real placebo blocker, and the other a... wait... [[A panel where nothing is said]] Audience: My head hurts. Figure: Mine too. Here, want a sugar pill? {{Title text: They work even better if you take them with our experimental placebo booster, which I keep in the same bottle.}}

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