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Nope, the placebo effect can have physical effects and be genuinely curative. The level to which this is the case is highly variable from patient to patient, but it is inaccurate to say that is limited to improving sensation and perception of illness. Not to mention, in many cases the malady being treated is one of perception, for example, in pain management. And alleviating pain in itself has downstream positive effects on disease progression and patient QOL.
Absolutely not true, it has zero physical effect on the body.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL96to_4NYU Here, for more information
I'm going to trust multiple peer-reviewed medical studies over a youtube talk with under 600 views.
Specially when it's on a channel branding itself as being skeptical towards science.
EDIT: On a closer look it's straight up just one of those conspiracy theory channels and organizations that present itself as actual science.
And here's a study if someone wants to look at actual science regarding the placebo effect:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6013051/
QED is actually the opposite of a conspiracy theory channel or organisation. They're very pro science and critical thinking, and spend a lot of time debunking conspiracy theories and pseudo-science.
I've got no skin in the debate in this thread, I didn't watch the actual video and have no opinion on the validity of what you or the other posters are saying, I'm just pointing out that I think that you're wrong to dismiss the channel as a source, even if you disagree with the claims made in that specific video.