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Yes they need to be used in conjunction with therapy... but kind of like a surgeon's tools need to be used in conjunction with a surgeon.

There's absolutely nothing placebo-like whatsoever about psilocybin, any more than a surgeon's tools are placebos. It's an extremely powerful tool that can be applied in a therapeutic context.

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All treatment modalities have a placebo effect. Including surgery. See: decades of modern research on sham surgeries.

True of course, but having a placebo effect is not the same as being a placebo. Non-placebos have other effects too.

The term "super-placebo" is silly in the first place. Any effective treatment is a "super-placebo" - it works better than placebo.

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