The nocebo effect -- Helen Pilcher -- Nothing event

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The placebo effect -- when a sugar pill or a parent's kiss makes an illness go away -- has an evil twin.

Science writer Helen Pilcher tells astonishing stories of people hurt -- and even killed -- by the power of their beliefs. Watch the other videos from our Nothing event at Conway Hall, London, on 13 November 2013 to gain some amazing insights into nothingness. Find out now nothing shapes the world around us, from the importance of zero to how a few words can kill to understanding the big bang.

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