'and they aren't subject to misinterpretation or wishful thinking.' ... right, and we have no way of knowing whether they are. This is exactly why we have scie

'and they aren't subject to misinterpretation or wishful thinking.' ... right, and we have no way of knowing whether they are. This is exactly why we have science: people have prior beliefs that affect how they perceive the thing they're trying to measure. People cannot objectively judge their own health in response to a variable. There are thousands of placebo studies that demonstrate this.