I mean, placebo, I suppose
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Astrealix@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•Trump Mobile exposes data of customers who ordered the T1 phoneEnglish
71·16 days agoOn the one hand, they’re obviously responsible for this shit
On the other hand, they’re the mooks stupid enough to buy the Trump phone lol, a lot of evil people more responsible
Astrealix@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•TikTok’s algorithm systematically skewed to the right during the 2024 US elections, study findsEnglish
303·20 days agoHikvision, a Chinese state-owned company, supplies surveillance equipment on West Bank Palestinians. China continues to deny that it has been committing genocide in Uyghurstan for over a decade. China has destroyed my home and turned it into a facsimile where the words “national security” appear every 5 minutes in every part of society and made it so that the March of the Volunteers is mandated on every television channel twice a day.
If China gave a fuck about Palestine or Iran or any sort of civilian life, it would have done something to support the oppressed and work towards a peace deal, instead of funding Russia to bomb civilians in Ukraine. If China had any sort of moral backbone, it would stop oppressing its own citizenry to the point where people have been arrested for holding up a blank piece of paper. If China had any foot to stand on, it wouldn’t be literally hosting Donald Trump and praising MAGA a week ago, before turning around to host Vladimir fucking Putin.
And yes, I have fucking sources too.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/05/israel-opt-israeli-authorities-are-using-facial-recognition-technology-to-entrench-apartheid/
https://www.humanrightsresearch.org/post/persecution-of-uyghurs-in-xinjiang-torture-crimes-against-humanity-and-genocide
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3108905/hong-kong-radio-broadcasters-begin-playing-national-anthem
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/8/how-china-forgot-promises-and-debts-to-ukraine-and-backed-russias-war
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2023/11/chinas-white-paper-movement-one-year-on-six-protesters-share-their-stories/
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/14/world/video/president-xi-china-maga-intldsk
Astrealix@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•TikTok’s algorithm systematically skewed to the right during the 2024 US elections, study findsEnglish
1037·20 days agoWhat, the CCP, having already previously used TikTok as a propaganda tool to push narratives that support their interests, proactively supported the side that would help ruin their biggest foreign adversary? WHO coulda thunk it.
Astrealix@lemmy.worldto
Technology@lemmy.world•More Than Half of Gen Z Users Cancel and Renew Streaming Services for a Single Title, Won’t Purchase Full-Price Video Games, New Study FindsEnglish
14·1 month agoI mean, with the video games point, they’re like… always on sale these days. The only time they’re not on sale is when they first come out.

I mean sure, but also placebo effect is a real measured psychological effect
So even assuming there’s no supernatural stuff, placebo would exist for people who genuinely believed in religion