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		lukeschlather on Nov 9, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Placebo buttons: 'door-close' buttons, others, don... Have you tested to see if the delay is diminished? There are so few of those I can't imagine they're placebos. When I lived at GWU I can only remember the ones across Pennsylvania, and everything else was automatic.

eli on Nov 9, 2010 [–]

I haven't done controlled experiments, but anecdotally it makes absolutely no difference.

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