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The Placebo Effect version of Debunkism—the ideological commitment to explaining away any phenomenon, experience, or reported effect as "just the placebo effect," regardless of evidence or context. Placebism treats "placebo" as a magic explanation that ends inquiry: it's not real, it's just placebo. The fallacy lies in using placebo as a dismissal rather than a phenomenon worthy of study. The placebo effect is real, interesting, and powerful—but Placebism uses it as a cudgel to avoid engaging with claims that challenge materialist orthodoxy. It's skepticism that has forgotten to be skeptical about its own explanations.
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