You’ve likely heard of the placebo effect, but you might be less familiar with its opposite, called the nocebo effect. Placebos are medications or procedures that appear to be actual medical ...

Everything we do in life is about effect. Every action has a consequence, every word we use has an impact, every decision we make can influence our future. How does language choice create meaning?

The placebo effect is a mysterious phenomenon that happens when someone’s medical symptoms are lessened through the power of suggestion and expectation – for instance if someone’s illness improves ...

Film producer Robert Evans famously said, “There are three sides to every story: your side, my side, and the truth.” Evans had it right in some respects, as people can mistakenly create false or ...

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This doctrine says that if doing something morally good has a morally bad side-effect, it's ethically OK to do it providing the bad side-effect wasn't intended. This is true even if you foresaw that ...

What Is the Dunning-Kruger Effect? The Dunning-Kruger effect happens when when someone who isn't especially knowledgeable in a particular area overestimates how much they know or how good they are at ...

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The entourage effect is a theory that purports the synergistic effect of combining compounds in the cannabis plant. It suggests that using them together may provide more significant health benefits.

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