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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How do placebos work? MRI&amp;apos;s of the spinal cord show where. How is a other issue. Endorphans? A new discovery:-http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17993-placebo-effect-caught-in-the-act-in-spinal-nerves.html</p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>How will AI combate  these effects?&amp;#13;&amp;#10;&gt; &amp;#13;&amp;#10;&gt; &amp;#13;&amp;#10;&gt; <a href="http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1929869,00.html?xid=rss-topstories&amp;#13;&amp;#10;&gt;">http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1929869,00.html?xid=rss-topstories&amp;#...</a> -This one reminds me of one study done using prayer where the recipients fared worse.  My conclusion was that if people think they&amp;apos;re so bad off that they&amp;apos;re being prayed for, they &amp;quot;think themselves sick.&amp;quot;  -&gt; And another legal problem is presented. With all these brain scans that purport to understand how the brain is &amp;apos;really&amp;apos; thinking, what erroneous conclusions might appear as &amp;apos;junk science&amp;apos; in Court.&amp;#13;&amp;#10;&gt; &amp;#13;&amp;#10;&gt; <a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1440928-I&amp;apos;m">http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1440928-I&amp;apos;m</a> not too worried about this.  There&amp;apos;s already a chilling effect flying through law enforcement dealing with certain cases where the DNA evidence was providing &amp;quot;false positives.&amp;quot;  While such cases are rare, it&amp;apos;s good to know that statistics prevails:  A 1 in 15 Million event will happen 20 times a day in our country.</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How will AI combate  these effects?-&amp;#13;&amp;#10;http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1929869,00.html?xid=rss-topstories-And another legal problem is presented. With all these brain scans that purport to understand how the brain is &amp;apos;really&amp;apos; thinking, what erroneous conclusions might appear as &amp;apos;junk science&amp;apos; in Court.-http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1440928</p>
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