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A comment on My 16-month theanine self-experiment. Parent comment

Re:My 16-month theanine self-experiment by azeirah on Sunday March 09, 2025 @01:46PM (#43311651)
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.

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Re:My 16-month theanine self-experiment by hartator on Sunday March 09, 2025 @01:56PM (#43311770)
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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