User blog comment:PullingoffMasks/How to do your fucking research/@comment-9340689-20140125182056/@comment-11170851-20140125183554

It should be made apparent on the Wiki synopsis that is what the character thinks, NOT that it's how it functions in reality.

There are too many writers out there, both in this community and in wider fan work communities, who use the excuse of character ignorance to avoid doing research on any topic.

Also, character ignorance can vary vastly from "I don't know anything about this subject" to "I know enough about this subject to make (erronous) assumptions about stuff."

It's no excuse for the writer not to show their research in media OUTSIDE of the writings.

Pet peeve about placebo effect.

It has lost its original meaning within common venacular. It is a RESEARCH term to describe something that is, honestly, only relevant within RESEARCH settings

'''It's a biomedical based term and really only applies to biomedical situations where you have the testing and ability to replicate the testing. '''

To say that, something like a sugar pill given to a single child to 'heal' a sore thumb is a placebo effect is NOT accurate to the term which you are using, given you are not running research, nor are you looking to replicate the effect of a compared product.

...It is also something that's often flung at folks who are on psychoactive medications to dehumanize their life experience. So, I've got a little more leery about using it outside of the context that the term orginated in.