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*** "placebo effects" are positive results in control patients (those who do not receive the drug or procedure)
*** "placebo effects" are positive results in control patients (those who do not receive the drug or procedure)
**** placebo effects are a "reactivity" phenomenon by which the patient changes attitude, behavior or undergo a subconscious reaction to a situation that changes the patient's outcomes  
**** placebo effects are a "reactivity" phenomenon by which the patient changes attitude, behavior or undergo a subconscious reaction to a situation that changes the patient's outcomes  
* see also the Turing paradox by which the act of measurement changes the physical properties of what is being measured (applies to subatomic quantum systems)
* related to:
** "Turing paradox" by which the act of measurement changes the physical properties of what is being measured (applies to subatomic quantum systems)
** Goodhart's law: "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure".


=== Illusion of truth paradox ===
=== Illusion of truth paradox ===