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Triple placebo pneumatic bypass

If any human being becomes too self-aware of their brain's functions, such as the reflex arc or the chemical reactions in their brain, their brain deterioates, scrambling every nerve ending in the body before shutting down. This is the worst pain known to man; the triple placebo pneumatic bypass.
Some say this is what the matrix does when it looks like one of its captors are going to break away.

This can also occur when a human being spots a glitch in the Matrix, e.g- George Bush Junior being re-elected.
Doctor- I'm sorry... We couldn't save him.
Parent- One minute he was fine and then!... What was it?
Doctor- A triple placebo pneumatic bypass. I'm truly sorry.
by uwanttruthitellz May 10, 2009
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Tebow Placebo

When you have a quarterback who is really popular with fans and people think he is a winner, but in reality he is nothing special and should be the back-up. He is allowed to play so that the fans will shut up about how they know none of their players by name, and to make games a lot more lopsided so they get a better pick in the draft and can actually draft a good quarterback.
Football Fan #1: "I am so glad they let Tim Tebow start now!"

Football Fan #2: "Enjoy it while it lasts."

Football Fan #1: "What's that suppose to mean?"

Football Fan #2: He is just a Tebow Placebo. This time next year, he will be old news, sitting on the bench yet again"
by Modest Maniac October 29, 2011
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Jesus Placebo

The thought that jesus will bandage your pains.
Hey man your back still hurting?
Yeah but I be on that jesus.
You mean jesus placebo?
by Stef@ May 5, 2014
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Extraphysical Placebo

Extraphysical Placebo, also Extraphysical Placebo Effect, is an extraphysicalist and an extraphysical mechanics concept where the placebo effect is actually the influence of extraphysics and of the extraphysical mind and spirit over someone's physical body, such as the influence of the extraphysical level on someone's physical body. Extraphysical placebo is used to explain about how majority of the spiritual experiences are so similar to placebo effect and about how it's really hard to have a spiritual experience that could overcome the placebo effect as well. The term is also used for the development of extraphysical-based medicine and technology that could modify physical bodies and things only by extraphysics.
"Studying about extraphysical placebo effect is a lot interesting, mainly to understand about how are extraphysical influence over people's bodies and how it would be possible to have strong extraphysical influences that could overcome the placebo effect as well."
by Full Monteirism April 10, 2021
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Developer Placebo

Developer Placebo is term said to substances that are believed to increase and improve your software development skills but don't really. An example f these substances could be dark chocolate, Cheese Doritos, matcha, everything vegan
Mike: Yooo bro you should start drinking match, you will be a better software developer
Kyle: No man I became a vegan and I'm writing better software ever since!

John: Guys. You know that is just developer placebo, right?
by TamimiUrban July 31, 2019
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Ship-Placebo

The feeling you have, when you change your ship icon and feel a difference in gameplay, even if there isn't.
"Dude I just beat an extreme after changing my ship"
"Ship-Placebo"
by yesyesir14 March 2, 2024
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Biased Placebo Bias

A flaw in experimental design where the so-called "placebo" or control condition isn't truly neutral or inert, but instead contains hidden factors that skew the results. This bias invalidates comparisons because the baseline isn't a clean zero; it's already tilted. Common in psychology and medicine, it happens when researchers don't account for the placebo's own effects—like the color of a pill, a practitioner's demeanor, or the simple act of receiving any attention—which can exaggerate or mask the real treatment's impact. It's building your scientific house on a crooked foundation.
Example: A study on an herbal "mood-booster" uses a placebo pill made of plain sugar. But if participants can taste/smell the distinct herbs in the real pill, the placebo isn't blind. The Biased Placebo Bias occurs: the "control" group knows they didn't get the real thing, potentially depressing their reported mood and making the herbal pill seem more effective than it is.
by Dumu The Void February 4, 2026
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