By placebo affect he means that the gloves don't actually make a difference, you just think they will and so they do. ok that makes no sense. Say you think you're ill, you go to the doctor, he says, you're as good as completely fine, you'll feel better if you just take this pill. You take the pill and because you expect everything to now be fine, you start to feel better and are optimistic etc. The fact that the pill was sugar is irrelevant. It is a placebo. Ok fine i can't explain it realy, may i advise
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