Sham Surgeries: […]sometimes matching real surgery outcomes entirely

And when this is discovered they discontinue the conventional surgery as a treatment. Because that proves it isn’t effective.

Placebos constantly outperform “drugs” in psychiatric disorders.

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2818945

I couldn’t find the part of the article that supported your statement.

There are a LOT of FDA approved, expensive drugs that do FUCK ALL and have serious side effects.

Yes, being better than a placebo is a very low bar.

Lol

Modern studies find that placebos can affect some outcomes such as pain and nausea, but otherwise do not generally have important clinical effects.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo