Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedArthur Brooks: belief
1 Apr 2026 Conversations with Tyler Arthur Brooks on Reinvention, Religion, and the Science of Happiness
“I think that there’s probably something to that, although there’s some pretty interesting new research that shows that the placebo effect is actually not real.”
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- Arthur Brooks
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- 1 Apr 2026
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…What do you think of the view that books on happiness or the meaning of life, they’re a kind of placebo? They don’t help directly, but you feel you’ve done something to become happier, and the placebo is somewhat effective. I think that there’s probably something to that, although there’s some pretty interesting new research that shows that the placebo effect is actually not real. Have you seen some of that new research? Yes, but I don’t believe it. Nocebos also seem to work in many situations.…
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