Hahahaha thanks for bringing up this conversation...

The placebo effect is real, though I like to think of it as a testament to the power of the human mind to alter and pattern reality. Maybe that's my magikal mind at work. It is important to note that the Placebo effect exists far beyond the confines of "alternative" medicine, and that in reality it is noted and used as a variable far more often in studies of allopathic and other "western" medicines.