Placebo and Belief – James True

One of the most common theories is that the placebo effect is caused by a person's expectations. If a person expects a pill to do something, it's possible that their body own chemistry can cause effects similar to the medication. What effect would there be if we believed life could be beautiful for all? What lessons are we learning of how fast things can change now that coronavirus has the whole world motivated?

James True is a self-taught software engineer producing solutions for Autodesk, Cisco, Cure Autism Now, EMC, Stanford University, Sun Microsystems, VMWare, and The Weather Channel. Some of his code has been mentioned in Wired Magazine and he co-authored a technical manual for video streaming servers. He has launched several software products over the years while pursuing commissions in outdoor sculpture. He has had working galleries in Asheville, Black Mountain, and Boone, North Carolina and commissioned art installations were seen at the Black Mountain Music Festival, Hulaween, Electric Forest, The Love Burn, and Envision Costa Rica. In his hometown of Beech Mountain, he served as Education Coordinator and later President of a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to wildlife rehabilitation and later appointed to his town’s planning board and ran for town council. He is the chairperson for his county libertarian party but his heart is in Bioregionalism. James' first book as was released in October of 2018 called the Spell of Six Dragons and his second book, Blueprints of Mind Control came out February of 2019.