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azeirah 62 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: My 16-month theanine self-experiment

Any experiment you perform on yourself has N=1. Self-science isn't as robust as gold standard double blind blablabla PhD trials, but come on.

How else are you going to find out whether a particular diet or medication works for you specifically? It's ALWAYS N=1.

hartator 62 days ago [–]

And a honest n=1 is better than a double blind n=1000 but outcome-interested study. It’s so easy to make data tell the story you want.

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