December 2011
8 posts
“Every year I give the grandparents DVDs with all of our digital pictures from...”
– Jeff Handley (@JeffHandley) December 18, 2011
“People have a terrific loyalty to their brand of cigarette… and yet, in...”
– Research director, New York advertising agency (name withheld upon request)
The Evolved Self-Management System →
The placebo effect is real, and has an evolutionary purpose — the body depends on the brain to tell it when it’s safe to start using up valuable resources (such as for healing). If you feel anxious or stressed, your body takes that as a cue that there’s a threat, and it should hold off healing.
