Yes, self-experimentation and knowingly risking the most precious thing there is - your own life, to advance science and help others, is one of the most heroic

Yes, self-experimentation and knowingly risking the most precious thing there is - your own life, to advance science and help others, is one of the most heroic things. I'm not sure if Jim is doing anything as heroic and with the same admirable motives, but I really hope he's and other self-experimenters contribute to medicine and science, because really the pace, cost, and the moral concerns of studies slow progress down tremendously.