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Yes, placebo is playable

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"Placebo" Definition

noun

An inactive substance or preparation used as a control in an experiment or test to determine the effectiveness of a medicinal drug.
Roman Catholic Church The service or office of vespers for the dead.
Something of no intrinsic remedial value that is used to appease or reassure another.
A usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder.
An inert or innocuous substance used especially in controlled experiments testing the efficacy of another substance (as a drug).

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