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It isn't scientifically sound but it also isn't nonsense. If you find a simple trick that solves a problem you're having it might be useful for others with the

by naner 16y ago

It isn't scientifically sound but it also isn't nonsense. If you find a simple trick that solves a problem you're having it might be useful for others with the same problem to try it, too. The limitations of this should be pretty self-evident to anyone reasonably intelligent. This is on a website that is all about self experimentation, after all. I don't know why are assuming you've stumbled onto a scientific study.

Tyrannosaurs 16y ago
Sorry but with the exception of the basic idea that if you exert yourself physically (in this case by standing on one leg until you're tired) you may sleep better it is complete nonsense but it is also very obviously intended to look as if his experiment (his word) it has scientific and statistical merit which it does not. If you don't think he's intending this then you need to explain away why he uses the phrases "experiment" and "a randomized experiment" several times (and indeed the language throughout is clearly intended to convey scientific rigour), outlines an experimental methodology (which he contrasts with his mere anecdotal data), fills the pages with graphs showing the mean and error bars and uses language that imply statistical significant ("one-tailed p = 0.02"), uses the "results" to draw a conclusion beyond "any doubt" and then seeks to explain what has happened in scientific terms ("to allow the signaling molecules to be regenerated" - I'm struggling not to giggle at that incidentally). Normal people don't talk like that unless they're trying to sound scientific. The intention here is clearly to imply some level of authority in his results based on something which is either intended to be or intended to look like scientific method when it is, in scientific terms utter nonsense and proves nothing at all. I have no issue with him suggesting his theories to people, I do have an issue with him, either as a result of ignorance or intentional deceit, dressing it up as in any way authoritative.

by naner 16y ago

Tyrannosaurs 16y ago

Sorry but with the exception of the basic idea that if you exert yourself physically (in this case by standing on one leg until you're tired) you may sleep better it is complete nonsense but it is also very obviously intended to look as if his experiment (his word) it has scientific and statistical merit which it does not. If you don't think he's intending this then you need to explain away why he uses the phrases "experiment" and "a randomized experiment" several times (and indeed the language throughout is clearly intended to convey scientific rigour), outlines an experimental methodology (which he contrasts with his mere anecdotal data), fills the pages with graphs showing the mean and error bars and uses language that imply statistical significant ("one-tailed p = 0.02"), uses the "results" to draw a conclusion beyond "any doubt" and then seeks to explain what has happened in scientific terms ("to allow the signaling molecules to be regenerated" - I'm struggling not to giggle at that incidentally). Normal people don't talk like that unless they're trying to sound scientific. The intention here is clearly to imply some level of authority in his results based on something which is either intended to be or intended to look like scientific method when it is, in scientific terms utter nonsense and proves nothing at all. I have no issue with him suggesting his theories to people, I do have an issue with him, either as a result of ignorance or intentional deceit, dressing it up as in any way authoritative.