Could a placebo really fool that many people?
I like this movie, but that was too much. If Elmo really wanted to fool people, he should have thrown a few real Es into the crowd just to make the illusion more real.
shareI like this movie, but that was too much. If Elmo really wanted to fool people, he should have thrown a few real Es into the crowd just to make the illusion more real.
shareClubbers and ravers aren't exactly known for their intellect. :)
shareWell a still common side test used by psychologists during a pharmaceutical testing is to split two or more groups up, give fifty percent placebo's tell them the side effects they should expect and it's amazing the amount of people who are convinced they feel them. And that's just regular people. It's not that hard when, as the other poster said, testing a narcotic on people who are already high as kites. The only thing I found a bit of a stretch is Iki falling for it so readily. He's a bit of a lunatic but drugs are his business.
I've had a lot of sobering thoughts in my time Del Boy, it's them that started me drinking!
Yeah, they were probably already off their tits. Only logical explanation.
shareYes, but what about that chemist - Pudsey Smith - shouldn't he have noticed the drug isn't what McElroy (Jackson) said it is?
shareI think the brilliance of the drug was supposed to be that on inspection it could fool even the smartest chemist. When you inspect something, even as an expert, you can only find what you know to look for or what you expect to find. Maybe Elmo was so smart be had devised a revolutionary technique known only to him. It's a bit of dramatic license used on the basis that most viewers wouldn't be qualified in the science and therefore don't care enough. I noticed it but it didn't bother me.
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