Placebo Effect
Chris was convinced it was all down to the placebo effect, and any genuinely audible differences were due to the audio equipment introducing distortion into the signal chain. this was jeff's thinking as well - until the trial with the one kit.
Burdens - Chapter 108: Deal
A placebo effect, he figured, but maybe he was also a bit dehydrated. he would see pretty soon if the painkillers would be worth their weight, which was not much.
Flying High
Whatever placebo effect could have been in place couldn't have possibly affected max. how could it, if he had never heard of this before?
Song in the Dark: Day 4
It was still dark enough that closing his eyes to focus was more placebo effect than any sort of sensory thing. he sat up and looked around. he'd been sleeping on a couch in an apartment.