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Herbal supplement companies make pills out of duck dung and whale spit, slap a label on the bottle describing the wonder-pill's function (improves memory, concentration, sexual function, golf swing, suit and tie color, what-have-you) and let the placebo effect do its thing, making them a multi-billion
dollar industry.
We can do the same thing, label our pills as eliminating the gullibility function of the brain, and rely on the same placebo effect. We will bring these companies down. (If we want to make any money, however, we better charge a very high price, because we won't get any repeat customers...)
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*applause* I would vote for this at least ten times if I wasn't such a rules-respecting wuss. Great idea. |
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UnaBubba: Damn, I better hang onto my old dictionary, it's gonna be a collector's item. Thanks for the heads-up. |
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I heard about that too, but i decided to put it back in. I mean, call me a skeptic, but I'm just not convinced it should have been removed.... |
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Baked? Where?!? I need some of that stuff!
(Or are you pulling my leg?) |
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Maybe he means the gullible-dictionary joke is baked... |
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Is the gullible-dictionary a relative of the talking phone book? |
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Um, what? What do you mean, 'gullible'? |
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It might be because I just washed my hair with this chamomile shampoo and I'm (yawn) a little sleepy, but I'm confused. Please explain, and do it slowly. You're talking to a blonde.| — | 1percent,
Apr 25 2001, last modified Apr 26 2001 |
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Thanks, guys. I'm taking notes as fast as I can. Not an easy job, when you're trying to separate the W&W's from the M&M's at the same time ... |
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I had a gullible dictionary: |
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ME: Hey, gullible dictionary, guess what? A greznitz is a kind of monk's hat.
G-D: Is that so? I'll add it to my pages immediately
ME (aside): snicker snicker. |
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I thought that the isophenoline in yaks testicals does the trick. I'll sell you a bottle for only $19.95 ;-) |
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Of course, in 1-2% of users, the antigullibility
treatment causes paranoia. And, since,
unfortunately, the antidote (gullibility pills) also
work by placebo, in such cases there's nothing to do
but wait for the reaction to subside (or else
phenothiazines). |
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