Michael Regilio

I'd go so far as to say a solid yes for pain treatment, as long as you believe. For skeptics, I couldn't help but wonder if the placebo effect is less or even null. That might be the study we're looking for. That's the control group. I'd be interested to see in believers versus skeptics.

I'd go so far as to say a solid yes for pain treatment, as long as you believe. For skeptics, I couldn't help but wonder if the placebo effect is less or even null. That might be the study we're looking for. That's the control group. I'd be interested to see in believers versus skeptics.

Look, I don't believe in much either, but I am really determined to find out. And a lot of people have been working with acupuncture. In fact, in 2009, the UK's National Institute for Clinical Excellence... That is one of the most British-sounding names ever. Yeah. Look, Jordan, they still have a king. Everything over there is the royal this or the excellency that.

Look, I don't believe in much either, but I am really determined to find out. And a lot of people have been working with acupuncture. In fact, in 2009, the UK's National Institute for Clinical Excellence... That is one of the most British-sounding names ever. Yeah. Look, Jordan, they still have a king. Everything over there is the royal this or the excellency that.

Look, I don't believe in much either, but I am really determined to find out. And a lot of people have been working with acupuncture. In fact, in 2009, the UK's National Institute for Clinical Excellence... That is one of the most British-sounding names ever. Yeah. Look, Jordan, they still have a king. Everything over there is the royal this or the excellency that.

So in 2009, the United Kingdom's National Institute for Clinical Excellence did recommend acupuncture for back pain. But I have to keep saying this, back pain is weird. Specialists have long understood there's a very real mental element to overcoming it.

So in 2009, the United Kingdom's National Institute for Clinical Excellence did recommend acupuncture for back pain. But I have to keep saying this, back pain is weird. Specialists have long understood there's a very real mental element to overcoming it.

So in 2009, the United Kingdom's National Institute for Clinical Excellence did recommend acupuncture for back pain. But I have to keep saying this, back pain is weird. Specialists have long understood there's a very real mental element to overcoming it.

Just for comparison, I looked up what our National Institute of Health has to say about acupuncture, and I found what they were saying on the subject on their website to be kind of like how polite atheists talk about religion. They were like, it's good for some people, and sure, you can't prove it, but hey, people aren't dumb for believing it, that's fine.

Just for comparison, I looked up what our National Institute of Health has to say about acupuncture, and I found what they were saying on the subject on their website to be kind of like how polite atheists talk about religion. They were like, it's good for some people, and sure, you can't prove it, but hey, people aren't dumb for believing it, that's fine.

Just for comparison, I looked up what our National Institute of Health has to say about acupuncture, and I found what they were saying on the subject on their website to be kind of like how polite atheists talk about religion. They were like, it's good for some people, and sure, you can't prove it, but hey, people aren't dumb for believing it, that's fine.

Yeah, you said for some people acupuncture is effective. Okay, sure. It's effective-ish. But for certain things, it can assertively be said it's not effective. And here's the thing. Acupuncture makes a lot of claims. Let's shut a few of those down. Yeah, let's do that. Claims such as...

Yeah, you said for some people acupuncture is effective. Okay, sure. It's effective-ish. But for certain things, it can assertively be said it's not effective. And here's the thing. Acupuncture makes a lot of claims. Let's shut a few of those down. Yeah, let's do that. Claims such as...

Yeah, you said for some people acupuncture is effective. Okay, sure. It's effective-ish. But for certain things, it can assertively be said it's not effective. And here's the thing. Acupuncture makes a lot of claims. Let's shut a few of those down. Yeah, let's do that. Claims such as...

Okay, the evidence strongly suggests it is not effective for rheumatoid arthritis, stopping smoking, irritable bowel syndrome, losing weight, addiction, asthma, stroke, tinnitus, or thinking you're Napoleon Bonaparte or whatever else they are claiming it works on.

Okay, the evidence strongly suggests it is not effective for rheumatoid arthritis, stopping smoking, irritable bowel syndrome, losing weight, addiction, asthma, stroke, tinnitus, or thinking you're Napoleon Bonaparte or whatever else they are claiming it works on.

Okay, the evidence strongly suggests it is not effective for rheumatoid arthritis, stopping smoking, irritable bowel syndrome, losing weight, addiction, asthma, stroke, tinnitus, or thinking you're Napoleon Bonaparte or whatever else they are claiming it works on.

You might say that's like the Dumbo's feather effect. And you asked if it does any harm, though. And I guess that all depends on how you feel about, say, death. Because in extremely rare cases, it can be fatal. I found examples of it. Though, in fairness, the only cases of death I came across were not in the US.

You might say that's like the Dumbo's feather effect. And you asked if it does any harm, though. And I guess that all depends on how you feel about, say, death. Because in extremely rare cases, it can be fatal. I found examples of it. Though, in fairness, the only cases of death I came across were not in the US.

You might say that's like the Dumbo's feather effect. And you asked if it does any harm, though. And I guess that all depends on how you feel about, say, death. Because in extremely rare cases, it can be fatal. I found examples of it. Though, in fairness, the only cases of death I came across were not in the US.