Science and society: Fake pills for kids?

Megan Ogilvie, health reporter for the Toronto Star, reported recently on Internet-marketed placebos for kids.

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Obecalp is nothing more than a fruit-flavoured sugar pill meant to calm and soothe a child using the power of placebo. Though it may seem harmless, it raises a flurry of ethical questions about whether it conditions kids to always look for a cure in a pill.
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I wouldn't worry about the usual angst bunnies' grievances, as set out in the article.

But just this: When I was a kid, if an adult kissed the bruise, it got better.

Does anyone know how and why that stopped working? Or ... is it illegal to kiss a bruise now? Is that the point?

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The Spiritual Brain: See the Probe article and hear the radio program! Materialism is only a theory but non-materialism is a fact.

Neuroscience: If it sounds unbelievable, don't believe it. And when in doubt, doubt.