This collection demonstrates a high level of interest, with many posts emphasizing how curious and provocative the findings are, such as mentions that placebos can induce effects similar to actual psychedelics in a social setting. The tone ranges from fascinated to skeptical, with some discussing the challenges of controlling placebo effects in research, showing moderate engagement and recognition of the potential implications for both science and therapy.
AgreementModerate agreement
Most discussions acknowledge the validity and significance of the study, noting that placebo effects can produce psychedelic-like experiences under certain conditions.
InterestHigh interest
Many comments express high curiosity and fascination with the findings, highlighting how surprising or intriguing the idea that placebos can mimic psychedelics is.
EngagementModerate engagement
Participants are actively exploring implications, sharing examples, and delving into methodological considerations, indicating moderate to deep engagement.
ImpactModerate impact
The research appears to influence perceptions about psychedelic studies, therapy, and the power of expectation, suggesting a moderate impact on scientific and therapeutic conversations.
Abstract in brief
The study explores whether it is possible to experience psychedelic effects from a placebo in a naturalistic setting, such as a party with music and visual stimuli, by examining individual responses to a placebo described as psilocybin.
Results showed significant individual variation, with some participants experiencing effects comparable to moderate or high doses of psychedelics, while others reported no effects, highlighting the influence of expectations and context.
Understanding how environmental factors and expectations can produce psychedelic-like experiences without drugs can help researchers better differentiate true drug effects and improve therapeutic practices.
Subjects had psychedelic experiences from taking a placebo alone. https://t.co/0pmdVCpnHW https://t.co/miLwhX2HPZ
May 5, 2020 · 164 likes · 39 shares · 69,497 followersView post →
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Vaughan Bell
@vaughanbell · X
Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics can be pretty trippy https://t.co/panXAljr80 via @profhrs @mattbagg
Mar 10, 2020 · 48 likes · 15 shares · 48,067 followersView post →
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Enrique Coperías
@CienciaDelCope · X
Una nueva investigación publicada recientemente en 'Psychopharmacology' proporciona evidencia de que las píldoras de placebo pueden inducir efectos de tipo psicodélico, incluidas alteraciones de la percepción. https://t.co/oELkuOJLD5 https://t.co/o5In8IPgr6
Aug 31, 2020 · 26 likes · 8 shares · 58,915 followersView post →
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David Epstein (Bluesky: davidnotdave.bsky.social)
@David_NeverDave · X
I don't know how I missed this 2020 paper ("Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics and contextual factors"), which demonstrates that if you try hard enough, you can persuade some people they're on mushrooms when they're not. This paragraph is especially glorious. (1/2) https://t.co/SwRW8ePaBT
Oct 3, 2024 · 25 likes · 2 shares · 1,053 followersView post →
Kinda crazy how you can be convinced you're on psychedelics when you're really not - the so-called "placebo psychedelic" effect: https://t.co/7fOk89dgd4 https://t.co/h0pP8yy3UD
Jan 14, 2023 · 13 likes · 94,925 followersView post →
Almost five years ago in May 2020, an experiment was conducted where participants were given a placebo described as a psychedelic and later reported altered states of consciousness, highlighting the powerful role of…
This experiment investigated whether placebo substances can induce psychedelic effects, influenced by expectations and environment. Participants reported altered states of consciousness despite receiving neutral…
This study investigates the potential for experiencing psychedelic effects from a placebo in naturalistic settings like parties, highlighting how expectations and environment influence individual responses and the…
Dr Maria Balaet discusses the neuroscience and clinical research behind psychedelics, emphasizing the significance of setting, belief, and context in influencing experiences and outcomes. The talk explores how…
Olson, J. A., Suissa-Rocheleau, L., Lifshitz, M., Raz, A., & Veissière, S. P. L. (2020). Tripping on nothing: Placebo psychedelics and contextual factors. Psychopharmacology, 237(5), 1371–1382. ici
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
RT @DegenRolf: Subjects had psychedelic experiences from taking a placebo alone. https://t.co/0pmdVCpnHW https://t.co/miLwhX2HPZ
Jan 28, 2025 · 39 shares · 2,461 followersView post →
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Kevin Sabet
@KevinSabet · X
@Ravarora1 @GoodDrugPolicy For ex:
https://t.co/URWxAxg3Fr
https://t.co/XYY6wx7clx
Nov 7, 2024 · 2 likes · 28,061 followersView post →
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Valerie
@heyval2 · X
RT @David_NeverDave: I don't know how I missed this 2020 paper ("Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics and contextual factors"), which…
Oct 4, 2024 · 2 shares · 1,239 followersView post →
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Erin Westgate
@ErinWestgate · X
RT @David_NeverDave: I don't know how I missed this 2020 paper ("Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics and contextual factors"), which…
Oct 4, 2024 · 2 shares · 11,515 followersView post →
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David Epstein (Bluesky: davidnotdave.bsky.social)
@David_NeverDave · X
I don't know how I missed this 2020 paper ("Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics and contextual factors"), which demonstrates that if you try hard enough, you can persuade some people they're on mushrooms when they're not. This paragraph is especially glorious. (1/2) https://t.co/SwRW8ePaBT
Oct 3, 2024 · 25 likes · 2 shares · 1,053 followersView post →
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Ravi S. Kudesia
@rskudesia · X
Fascinating! Given the right set and setting, even a placebo can generate psychedelic
Aug 19, 2024 · 1 like · 2,866 followersView post →
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Dreams N Science
@dreamsNscience · X
RT @dreamsNscience: Get high with placebo !!
Scientists organized a party in a psychedelic environement, gave placebo to the guests and to…
Get high with placebo !!
Scientists organized a party in a psychedelic environement, gave placebo to the guests and told them it was a kind of psychedelic mushrooms… 61% reported some effect and some saw the paintings on the walls "move" or "reshape"!
https://t.co/trQVLfJmDY
@trpwolff So, what would they say? I've been asking from med people for yrs: how do you measure the efficacy of psychotherapy? How to blind? Haven't got proper answers (and what I've read ain't convincing). Also, placebo is known to be significant in psychedelics:
https://t.co/cNAg7ETVW0
Feels like we are only scratching the surface of what is possible here and would love to explore more what is possible.
Eg, here is a paper where LSD-like effects was achieved through pure suggestion. This feels well within realm of what games can do:
https://t.co/LZE6UiNM1h
Jun 4, 2024 · 2 likes · 5,160 followersView post →
RT @dreamsNscience: Scientists organized a party in a psychedelic environement, gave placebo to the guests and told them it was a kind of p…
Jan 5, 2024 · 1 share · 21,837 followersView post →
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Dreams N Science
@dreamsNscience · X
Scientists organized a party in a psychedelic environement, gave placebo to the guests and told them it was a kind of psychedelic mushrooms… 61% reported some effect and some saw the paintings on the walls "move" or "reshape" themselves!
https://t.co/trQVLfJmDY
Jan 5, 2024 · 1 like · 1 share · 21,837 followersView post →
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DMT Quest
@dmt_quest · X
Intriguing study "Tripping on Nothing".
Thanks for bringing it to my attention @JennymartinDr
https://t.co/MmDs5mxu5T
Oct 31, 2023 · 1 like · 2,551 followersView post →
Scientists organized a party in a psychedelic environement, gave placebo to the guests and told them it was a kind of psychedelic mushrooms… 61% reported some effect and some saw the paintings on the walls "move" or "reshape" themselves!
https://t.co/trQVLfJmDY
@chrisletheby @MichaelSilbers2 @hohwy .@chrisletheby - on the difficulties of double-blind placebo controlled studies in psychedelics - cartoon by @PaulNoth in @NewYorker (and this excellent paper https://t.co/VTFPGsE0mN) https://t.co/aGMQokSfSf
Kinda crazy how you can be convinced you're on psychedelics when you're really not - the so-called "placebo psychedelic" effect: https://t.co/7fOk89dgd4 https://t.co/h0pP8yy3UD
Jan 14, 2023 · 13 likes · 94,925 followersView post →
@tipado We do know that psychedelics in particular have a considerable placebo effect as this study, which got some effect from a placebo from 61% if it was administered by professionals in lab coats and with other participants demonstrably high: https://t.co/SE7H8FeoS5
Jul 21, 2022 · 1 like · 1,588 followersView post →
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cyrilio MSc.
@Mod_Cyrilio · X
I love how its apparently possible to trip on placebo's. Wonder how that works. Any thoughts on this @algekalipso ?
https://t.co/WfJkvDB2hY
RT @TeriKrebs: @ManojDoss Yeah, important to have careful control/baseline because these effects are easy to elicit by expectation with pla…
Jan 26, 2022 · 1 share · 1,326 followersView post →
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Teri Suzanne Krebs
@TeriKrebs · X
@ManojDoss Yeah, important to have careful control/baseline because these effects are easy to elicit by expectation with placebo. https://t.co/MHrpa3PWW5
Jan 26, 2022 · 1 like · 1 share · 1,581 followersView post →
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Adam Safron
@adamsafron · X
2/5
This paper (linked below) notwithstanding, I wonder how much it even makes sense to even try to separate out drug effects from placebo responding, especially when psychedelics may directly act on moderating the strength of expectations.
https://t.co/ThNdoATXzb
Jan 13, 2022 · 2 likes · 2,345 followersView post →
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Thomas F. Varley
@ThosVarley · X
@dmt_quest @widoidricsas I doubt you could placebo a thumbprint, but my gut says that you could probably induce a very psychedelic headspace in particularly suggestible individuals with the right set-up.
See: https://t.co/WcfKvWAifR
Dec 18, 2021 · 3 likes · 4,761 followersView post →
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Pete
@post_liberal · X
RT @DegenRolf: Subjects had psychedelic experiences from taking a placebo alone. https://t.co/0pmdVCpnHW https://t.co/miLwhX2HPZ
Oct 8, 2021 · 39 shares · 9,666 followersView post →
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cyrilio MSc.
@Mod_Cyrilio · X
@hilaryagro luckily there’s a much safer and faster way to ‘get high’.
https://t.co/WfJkvDB2hY
I don’t understand why you can’t just buy box of placebo pills at the pharmacy. Even when you know it’s a placebo it works. I’d love to have a drug at home for those meh times.
@AlanLevinovitz @CaulfieldTim @amanda_siebert @Forbes @jonathanstea @tylerblack32 @StanKutcher This study on psilocybin and placebo actually used a ritual context, which could have influenced the efficacy of placebo: https://t.co/BqllLLuAtn
Mar 5, 2021 · 6 likes · 10,397 followersView post →
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qwerky science
@BasicMorality · X
@Neuro_Skeptic Psychedelics effects from placebo also
https://t.co/srkKLsrDet
גם כשקיבלו פלצבו, בסביבה חברתית בהשראה פסיכדלית, הרוב מתוך 33 אנשים בקבוצת נבדקים דווחו על חוויה פסיכדלית עם תסמינים נפשיים ופסיכולוגיים מתאימים.
https://t.co/jSXbyA8D3O https://t.co/6oUPIcWRVw
Oct 30, 2020 · 13 likes · 1 share · 1,368 followersView post →
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Michael Hermann
@MichaelManurun9 · X
RT @APRA_bot: Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics and contextual factors. https://t.co/J2M2jDmYnm
Magic Mushroom Placebo study: “unbeknownst to the participants, the main experimenter had training in deception (as a former professional magician) and was ready to offer deceptive explanations if the cover story was threatened.”
RT @CienciaDelCope: Una nueva investigación publicada recientemente en 'Psychopharmacology' proporciona evidencia de que las píldoras de pl…
Aug 31, 2020 · 8 shares · 758 followersView post →
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Simbar
@Simbar21540511 · X
RT @CienciaDelCope: Una nueva investigación publicada recientemente en 'Psychopharmacology' proporciona evidencia de que las píldoras de pl…
Aug 31, 2020 · 8 shares · 125 followersView post →
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Abelus
@abelusmx · X
RT @CienciaDelCope: Una nueva investigación publicada recientemente en 'Psychopharmacology' proporciona evidencia de que las píldoras de pl…
Aug 31, 2020 · 8 shares · 380 followersView post →
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AlvassMariss
@AlvassMariss05 · X
RT @CienciaDelCope: Una nueva investigación publicada recientemente en 'Psychopharmacology' proporciona evidencia de que las píldoras de pl…
Aug 31, 2020 · 8 shares · 261 followersView post →
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Rita Montelongo
@RitaMontelongo1 · X
RT @CienciaDelCope: Una nueva investigación publicada recientemente en 'Psychopharmacology' proporciona evidencia de que las píldoras de pl…
Aug 31, 2020 · 8 shares · 767 followersView post →
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Víctor M. González
@8vic8 · X
RT @CienciaDelCope: Una nueva investigación publicada recientemente en 'Psychopharmacology' proporciona evidencia de que las píldoras de pl…
Aug 31, 2020 · 8 shares · 2,787 followersView post →
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Enrique Coperías
@CienciaDelCope · X
Una nueva investigación publicada recientemente en 'Psychopharmacology' proporciona evidencia de que las píldoras de placebo pueden inducir efectos de tipo psicodélico, incluidas alteraciones de la percepción. https://t.co/oELkuOJLD5 https://t.co/o5In8IPgr6
Aug 31, 2020 · 26 likes · 8 shares · 58,915 followersView post →
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Luís Fernando Tófoli
@lftofoli · X
@danieldamineli Estudos com microdose, bem lembrado, são mais fáceis de desenhar (já estão rolando por aí). Por incrível que pareça, existe um estudo que fez exatamente isso - e que tem um título bem divertido: deu placebo dizendo que era um psicodélico (link abaixo). [+]
https://t.co/pPJTpOR2fH
Aug 3, 2020 · 1 like · 40,900 followersView post →
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Stevo
@Ste69477056 · X
RT @ThosVarley: @PaulAustin3w There's also growing evidence that the placebo effect may be playing a bigger role in psychedelic consciousne…
@PaulAustin3w There's also growing evidence that the placebo effect may be playing a bigger role in psychedelic consciousness than we may have anticipated. See:
https://t.co/WcfKvWAifR
May 16, 2020 · 3 likes · 1 share · 4,761 followersView post →
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Ryan Natan
@Neur0naut · X
1) Tripping on Nothing: Placebo Psychedelics and Contextual Factors by Jay Olson, @samuelveissiere
show that some people will confidently experience altered consciousness (eg insight, bliss) when given a placebo in a 'trippy' party set/setting
https://t.co/cBEHaF8XpK https://t.co/g657HWBKfe
Fun science! 33 subjects were told they were being given a #psychedelic for a creativity study, but the whole thing was an elaborate placebo (incl. actors "tripping" along with the subs). 61% reported some sort of altered state of consciousness!
https://t.co/6WMw27gZph
Mar 15, 2020 · 2 likes · 4,761 followersView post →
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Martin Dowds, Glasgow
@MartinDowds1 · X
RT @DrJamesHawkins: Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics and contextual factors. https://t.co/c48IO7rZIT
Mar 14, 2020 · 2 shares · 3,827 followersView post →
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Edinburgh Watch
@EdinburghWatch · X
RT @DrJamesHawkins: Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics and contextual factors. https://t.co/c48IO7rZIT
Mar 14, 2020 · 2 shares · 11,991 followersView post →
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James Hawkins
@DrJamesHawkins · X
Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics and contextual factors. https://t.co/c48IO7rZIT
Mar 14, 2020 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 1,189 followersView post →
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MarkRBol
@MkRBol · X
RT @mattbagg: https://t.co/LOMNmSoWMf
Mar 12, 2020 · 1 share · 1,789 followersView post →
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Micah G. Allen
@micahgallen · X
RT @vaughanbell: Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics can be pretty trippy https://t.co/panXAljr80 via @profhrs @mattbagg
Mar 11, 2020 · 15 shares · 23,332 followersView post →
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Jesus Ramirez-Bermudez
@JRBneuropsiq · X
RT @vaughanbell: Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics can be pretty trippy https://t.co/panXAljr80 via @profhrs @mattbagg
Mar 11, 2020 · 15 shares · 31,431 followersView post →
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Dr. David Silva
@Psiqdavidsilva · X
RT @vaughanbell: Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics can be pretty trippy https://t.co/panXAljr80 via @profhrs @mattbagg
Mar 10, 2020 · 15 shares · 174 followersView post →
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wolodya
@wolodya · X
RT @vaughanbell: Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics can be pretty trippy https://t.co/panXAljr80 via @profhrs @mattbagg
Mar 10, 2020 · 15 shares · 1,069 followersView post →
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Christopher Bowie
@profbowie · X
RT @vaughanbell: Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics can be pretty trippy https://t.co/panXAljr80 via @profhrs @mattbagg
Mar 10, 2020 · 15 shares · 870 followersView post →
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Vlad Vyazovskiy
@VVyazovskiy · X
RT @vaughanbell: Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics can be pretty trippy https://t.co/panXAljr80 via @profhrs @mattbagg
Mar 10, 2020 · 15 shares · 2,322 followersView post →
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Tristan Bekinschtein
@TrikBek · X
RT @vaughanbell: Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics can be pretty trippy https://t.co/panXAljr80 via @profhrs @mattbagg
Mar 10, 2020 · 15 shares · 3,640 followersView post →
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Siri Leknes
@sirileknes · X
RT @vaughanbell: Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics can be pretty trippy https://t.co/panXAljr80 via @profhrs @mattbagg
Mar 10, 2020 · 15 shares · 3,167 followersView post →
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Oskar Jefsen
@OskarJefsen · X
RT @vaughanbell: Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics can be pretty trippy https://t.co/panXAljr80 via @profhrs @mattbagg
Mar 10, 2020 · 15 shares · 232 followersView post →
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Krešo
@kresimirr · X
RT @vaughanbell: Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics can be pretty trippy https://t.co/panXAljr80 via @profhrs @mattbagg
Mar 10, 2020 · 15 shares · 227 followersView post →
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Cyril Costines
@costines · X
RT @vaughanbell: Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics can be pretty trippy https://t.co/panXAljr80 via @profhrs @mattbagg
Mar 10, 2020 · 15 shares · 96 followersView post →
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Grets
@GMGrets · X
RT @vaughanbell: Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics can be pretty trippy https://t.co/panXAljr80 via @profhrs @mattbagg
Mar 10, 2020 · 15 shares · 240 followersView post →
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Jibran Khokhar
@DrJKhokhar · X
RT @vaughanbell: Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics can be pretty trippy https://t.co/panXAljr80 via @profhrs @mattbagg
Mar 10, 2020 · 15 shares · 10,855 followersView post →
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Vaughan Bell
@vaughanbell · X
Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics can be pretty trippy https://t.co/panXAljr80 via @profhrs @mattbagg
Mar 10, 2020 · 48 likes · 15 shares · 48,067 followersView post →
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Amsterdam Psychedelic Research Association (APRA)
@APRAresearch · X
Tripping on nothing: placebo psychedelics and contextual factors. https://t.co/J2M2jDmYnm
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