Five reasons why “I felt better” doesn’t mean a treatment worked @ThinkingPowers
Five reasons why “I felt better” doesn’t mean a treatment worked @ThinkingPowers
Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Alternative medicine and health and wellness largely relies on one type of evidence: our personal experiences. We tried it and we felt better.

But our experiences aren’t the slam-dunk evidence we think they are. This video explores the fascinating reasons why we might feel better after trying pseudoscientific treatments, even when they lack real therapeutic value, and the potentially serious consequences of relying on placebo medicine.

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Five reasons why “I felt better” doesn’t mean a treatment worked

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