placebo effect ⁽²⁾

The gospel of golden ears. There’s a peculiar kind of snobbery that hides behind the word audiophile. It’s not just about loving music, it’s about belonging to a church where the price of salvation is measured in ohms, kilohertz,…

The business of diluted hope. There are few inventions as resilient, profitable, and scientifically hollow as homeopathy. For more than two centuries, it has survived revolutions, pandemics, and the entire rise of modern medicine, thriving not through evidence but through…