So I Was Looking At An Old Vatican Article...

[Avarice]

...and something occurred to me. Do people just not understand the placebo effect?

Or rather, are certain religious people merely using the placebo effect as evidence of God/divine intervention?

It really baffles me how I can be taught such a simple concept in school and yet it can't be applied on a more national or global scale to debunk faith healers and the like.

Or perhaps am I the one who does not understand it?

[Oz the Gay and Powerful]

People will substitute common sense with irrationality if they think it'll re-affirm their beliefs.