Unreliable for what purpose? I would think that for any individual’s purpose, self-experimentation is the ONLY standard that counts… it’s of no value to me if a medicine is statistically proven to work 99% of the time, if it doesn’t work for ME.
The way I’d put it for this stuff is that experiments help communicate why someone would try a technique, they help people distinguish signal from noise, because there are a ton of people out there saying X works for me.
The way I’d put it for this stuff is that experiments help communicate why someone would try a technique, they help people distinguish signal from noise, because there are a ton of people out there saying X works for me.