Placebo Effect
Articles tagged with placebo effect

ManifestationSeptember 22, 2025
Moon Manifestation: Ritual, Placebo, or Circadian Science? What 40,000 Years of Lunar Practice Actually Does to Your Brain
Moon manifestation rituals — setting intentions at the new moon, releasing at the full moon — have been practiced for millennia. Science says the moon doesn't affect your energy. But the psychology of ritual, fresh starts, and commitment devices suggests these practices work for entirely different reasons.

ManifestationSeptember 8, 2025
The Two Cup Method: Quantum Jumping Is Fiction, But the Ritual Still Works. Here's Why.
The two cup method — labeling two cups of water with your current and desired reality, then pouring one into the other — claims to use "quantum jumping" between dimensions. The physics is nonsense. But the psychology of symbolic ritual, embodied cognition, and intention-setting explains why it actually helps some people change.