AN237 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: James Randi, Homeopathy
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An237 less 12: clip: they believe his soul is possessed by an evil spirit (catholic priest performs exorcisms a non official one battles spirits free of charge) Trepanation is one way to achieve this: cut off a hole in the head. Placebo effect, aka if you believe, you feel better even if you aren"t actually better. No matter what it is, if you believe, it will work. It also works in a sense that humans do get better after they do this. It"s a trick he is showing you can get rid of it. Levi-strauss: the sorcerer and his magic: quesalid thought shamans were a trick and didn"t work wanted to expose them and the tricks they use to make their patients better. So he became a shaman and became successful in the kwakwa: he did the same tricks over and over, ls looked at this and said there are 3 things that make these people successful -
