Post B1FTWFdHT4mX5B6ZxA by silvermoon82@wandering.shop
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 (DIR) Post #B1FTWFdHT4mX5B6ZxA by silvermoon82@wandering.shop
       2025-12-14T18:41:27Z
       
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       George Clooney is an actor.Put him in the role of a surgeon in front of a camera, and he will do and say things the average non-surgeon viewer will agree are surgeonish. After an hour of that, we are, as average non-surgeon viewers, satisfied and entertained. Put him in an operating theatre, and the patient will fucking die because he's not a surgeon and knows nothing about really doing surgery. This is a post about LLMs.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1FUujN2ebnaDYkK4e by fuxoft@kompost.cz
       2025-12-14T19:31:38Z
       
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       @silvermoon82 That's not strictly true. If you put George Clooney in an operating theatre, there is a significant probability of him doing nothing critically wrong and the patient feeling slightly better afterwards because of the placebo effect. The patient might even completely recover just because George Clooney is so damn sexy, pay him money and recommend him as a surgeon to all his friends.(This is also a post about LLMs)
       
 (DIR) Post #B1FoxtoKICpmY6IRQu by sleepytako@famichiki.jp
       2025-12-14T23:16:31Z
       
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       @fuxoft @silvermoon82 knowing George he'd probably also pull off some prank like implanting a penis shaped object under the person's skin that would set off every metal detector.
       
 (DIR) Post #B1FqqpSMHd5KvRmGkC by noodlemaz@med-mastodon.com
       2025-12-14T23:37:30Z
       
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       @fuxoft @silvermoon82 placebo isn't 'an effect', it's a mishmash of biases that people lump into one. It isn't powerful. It will not heal anyone who actually needs surgery.Studies that report showing 'placebo as good as surgery' typically leave out key facts like people having support care afterwards.Read/listen to Mike Hall on this! @merseyskeptics Skeptics with a K pod, @TheSkeptic pieces and a good intro talk: https://youtu.be/FL96to_4NYU?si=icBCX8foBH5J1gbu
       
 (DIR) Post #B1FrTSn4ULijvEt82S by fuxoft@kompost.cz
       2025-12-14T23:44:42Z
       
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       @noodlemazYou clearly haven't experienced the full power of George Clooney's placebo yet...@silvermoon82 @merseyskeptics @TheSkeptic