Рейки помогает больным лучше себя чувствовать

[wayter]

Приводится описание эксперимента, при котором целитель облегчает страдания. Действительно помогает.

"Ложные целители" (притворявшиеся специалистами по рейки) достигают такого же результата. 
(В обоих случаях возникает эффект плацебо).
Но раз помогает, может быть все равно следует применять?
Ответ - нет, не следует, поскольку другие методы дают тот же результат + какую-то реальную пользу. Например, массаж.



The researchers therefore decided to compare reiki against "sham reiki" and against no such intervention. Sham reiki involved a non-reiki healer pretended to be a reiki healer. He was not trained in reiki and only followed the ritual of the treatment. So he did not send any "healing energy" to the patients whereas the reiki healer had been taught to do just that.
The results of this study were impressive: reiki did, in fact, make the patients fell better. Specifically, it increased the comfort and wellbeing of the patients in comparison with those who received no such intervention. Intriguingly, however, the sham reiki had exactly the same effects, and there were no differences between real and sham reiki.


What does this mean? The researchers were quite clear about their interpretation of the results. They believe reiki has been shown to work. Yet, I think the findings demonstrate exactly the opposite: genuine reiki is no better than sham reiki, thus it does not work.


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