<story><title>The pros and cons of placebo buttons</title><url>https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2019/01/26/the-pros-and-cons-of-placebo-buttons</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>_bxg1</author><text>This makes me so annoyed. I much prefer ones without buttons because I don&amp;#x27;t have to mess with it; when there is a button, I assume I have to go over and press it, but it sounds like in some cases I don&amp;#x27;t (for a while now I&amp;#x27;ve suspected them to be pointless). But there&amp;#x27;s no way to tell the difference so I still have to everywhere.</text></comment>
<story><title>The pros and cons of placebo buttons</title><url>https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2019/01/26/the-pros-and-cons-of-placebo-buttons</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>weavie</author><text>For my daughter quite often the highlight of our walk to the shops is that she gets to push the button at the traffic lights. Whether they do anything or not, she just loves pushing buttons.</text></comment>