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You are making the perfect the enemy of the good. If you compare his rigor to that of a fully funded NIH experiment, yes it will be found lacking. But if you
by JamesBarney 10y ago
You are making the perfect the enemy of the good.
If you compare his rigor to that of a fully funded NIH experiment, yes it will be found lacking. But if you compare it to all of the personal the experimentation that any of us do on a regular basis i.e. trying out a low protein diet, a paleolithic diet, TDD, sleeping more, not being on the computer before bed etc... Then it is the height of rigor.
- pc86 10y agoEven to that standard, "the height of rigor" it is most certainly not.
- JamesBarney 10y agoYou must hangout with different people than I do because the extent of my friend's personal experimentation is "I tried Yoga, I feel better. I think I'll keep going." None of them have ever done testing, cross-over trials, or any attempt at blinding their personal experimentation.