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My Fear Heuristic

lsusrDec 1, 2020, 8:00 AM
117 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Self-Blinded Caf­feine RCT

niplavJun 27, 2023, 12:38 PM
45 points
9 comments8 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­ments as a Third Alternative

Adam ZernerOct 29, 2023, 12:39 AM
48 points
21 comments5 min readLW link

Bare­foot FAQ

dkl9Mar 26, 2024, 4:29 PM
0 points
8 comments2 min readLW link
(dkl9.net)

Michael Dick­ens’ Caf­feine Tol­er­ance Research

niplavSep 4, 2024, 3:41 PM
46 points
5 comments2 min readLW link
(mdickens.me)

Po­modoro Method Ran­dom­ized Self Experiment

niplavSep 29, 2024, 9:55 PM
14 points
2 comments1 min readLW link

Self-Ex­per­i­ment: Does Work­ing More Hours In­crease My Out­put?

lynettebyeApr 3, 2020, 9:36 PM
53 points
0 comments4 min readLW link

Diet Ex­per­i­ment Pr­ereg­is­tra­tion: Long-term wa­ter fast­ing + seed oil re­moval

lcAug 23, 2023, 10:08 PM
56 points
18 comments1 min readLW link

Please Bet On My Quan­tified Self De­ci­sion Markets

niplavDec 1, 2023, 8:07 PM
36 points
6 comments6 min readLW link

Try more things.

whalesJan 12, 2014, 1:25 AM
88 points
20 comments7 min readLW link

[Question] What met­rics should I track when ex­per­i­ment­ing with sleep?

CheerfulWarriorFeb 8, 2021, 5:22 PM
10 points
13 comments1 min readLW link

Meta-prefer­ences are weird

Jul 16, 2020, 11:03 PM
13 points
2 comments5 min readLW link

Things You’re Allowed to Do: Univer­sity Edition

Saul MunnFeb 6, 2024, 12:36 AM
95 points
13 comments5 min readLW link
(www.brasstacks.blog)

[Question] If some­one you loved was ex­pe­rienc­ing un­remit­ting suffer­ing (re­lated to a con­stel­la­tion of multi-di­men­sional fac­tors and pro­cesses, those of which in­clude anoma­lous states of con­scious­ness and an ia­tro­genic men­tal health sys­tem), what would you think and what would you do?

Sara CJul 3, 2020, 9:02 PM
20 points
6 comments4 min readLW link

I Caught Covid And All I Got Was This Lousy Am­bigu­ous Data

ElizabethApr 21, 2022, 7:30 PM
47 points
0 comments4 min readLW link
(acesounderglass.com)

[Question] What are things you’re al­lowed to do as a startup?

ElizabethJun 20, 2024, 12:01 AM
30 points
9 comments1 min readLW link

One Year of Pomodoros

Alex_AltairDec 31, 2020, 4:42 AM
56 points
7 comments9 min readLW link

Things You’re Allowed to Do: At the Dentist

rbinnnJan 28, 2024, 6:39 PM
39 points
16 comments1 min readLW link
(metavee.github.io)

Don’t Fear Failure

atuckerApr 3, 2011, 10:52 PM
40 points
12 comments2 min readLW link

Break your habits: be more empirical

AcademianOct 2, 2010, 9:04 PM
150 points
33 comments2 min readLW link

De­stroy­ing Inse­cu­rity and Boost­ing Con­fi­dence Through Your In­ter­ests and Values

OlitnessAug 1, 2021, 2:34 PM
21 points
4 comments5 min readLW link
(olitness.wordpress.com)

Us­ing the Quan­tified Self paradigma for COVID-19

ChristianKlMar 22, 2020, 9:14 PM
27 points
11 comments3 min readLW link

Just Try It: Quan­tity Trumps Quality

atuckerApr 4, 2011, 1:13 AM
88 points
83 comments2 min readLW link

Self-Blinded L-Thea­nine RCT

niplavOct 31, 2023, 3:24 PM
53 points
12 comments3 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ist Lent

Qiaochu_YuanFeb 14, 2013, 6:32 AM
65 points
82 comments1 min readLW link

Ra­tion­al­ist Lent

Qiaochu_YuanFeb 13, 2018, 11:55 PM
41 points
61 comments1 min readLW link

No, Se­ri­ously. Just Try It.

lukeprogApr 20, 2011, 4:11 PM
89 points
42 comments2 min readLW link

[Question] How could I mea­sure the nootropic benefits testos­terone in­jec­tions may have?

shapeshifterMay 18, 2023, 9:40 PM
10 points
3 comments1 min readLW link

Self-Similar­ity Experiment

Dawn DrescherAug 15, 2020, 1:19 PM
12 points
0 comments10 min readLW link

Seed Study: Polypha­sic Sleep in Ten Steps

LoganStrohlJul 11, 2013, 7:17 AM
45 points
135 comments4 min readLW link

Reflec­tions on a no con­tent Jan­uary 2020 experiment

EloMar 22, 2020, 3:32 PM
33 points
1 comment2 min readLW link

A Day Without Defaults

katydeeOct 20, 2014, 8:07 AM
49 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­ment Idea Thread - Spring 2011

PsychohistorianMay 6, 2011, 6:10 PM
35 points
54 comments1 min readLW link

Self-ex­per­i­ment Pro­to­col: Effect of Cho­co­late on Sleep

NoSignalNoNoiseJul 22, 2019, 3:32 AM
30 points
8 comments2 min readLW link

Micro Habits that Im­prove One’s Day

silentbobJul 1, 2023, 10:53 AM
62 points
9 comments5 min readLW link

[Per­sonal Ex­per­i­ment] Coun­ter­bal­anc­ing Risk-Aversion

lsusrNov 15, 2019, 8:34 AM
31 points
6 comments1 min readLW link

Mag­netic rings (the most mediocre su­per­power) A re­view.

EloJul 30, 2015, 1:23 PM
52 points
34 comments4 min readLW link

Re­in­force­ment and Short-Term Re­wards as Anti-Akratic

IntrismApr 13, 2013, 8:47 PM
35 points
27 comments5 min readLW link

Does play­ing hard to get work? AB test­ing for romance

amplemapleOct 26, 2020, 3:29 PM
17 points
26 comments5 min readLW link

De­caf vs. reg­u­lar coffee self-experiment

NaiveTortoiseMar 1, 2020, 7:19 PM
10 points
8 comments7 min readLW link
(an1lam.github.io)

[Up­date] Without a phone for 10 days

Benjamin SpiegelOct 20, 2021, 1:17 AM
11 points
13 comments2 min readLW link

Ex­per­i­ment­ing with An­droid Digi­tal Wellbeing

Yair HalberstadtOct 21, 2021, 5:43 AM
8 points
4 comments3 min readLW link

30-ish fo­cus­ing tips

Raymond DOct 22, 2021, 7:38 PM
22 points
4 comments6 min readLW link

Time is not the bot­tle­neck (on mak­ing progress think­ing about difficult things)

kmanSep 12, 2022, 8:45 PM
30 points
10 comments1 min readLW link

I tried to learn as much Deep Learn­ing math as I could in 24 hours

PhosphorousJan 8, 2023, 9:07 PM
31 points
2 comments7 min readLW link

Sleep Qual­ity: Strate­gies that work for me

Lukas TrötzmüllerFeb 15, 2023, 12:17 AM
16 points
3 comments7 min readLW link

Without a phone for 10 days

Benjamin SpiegelOct 10, 2021, 5:19 AM
19 points
7 comments1 min readLW link

How harm­ful is mu­sic, re­ally?

dkl9Sep 17, 2024, 2:53 PM
10 points
6 comments3 min readLW link
(dkl9.net)

Do­ing a self-ran­dom­ized study of the im­pacts of glycine on sleep (Science is hard)

thedissonance.netJan 17, 2025, 6:49 PM
11 points
5 comments11 min readLW link

Whereby: The Zoom al­ter­na­tive you prob­a­bly haven’t heard of

Itay DreyfusJan 29, 2025, 1:01 PM
4 points
0 comments7 min readLW link
(productidentity.co)

Parametrize Pri­or­ity Evaluations

SilverFlameApr 8, 2023, 12:39 AM
2 points
2 comments6 min readLW link

A Clearer Think­ing tool that teaches you to use In­ter­nal Fam­ily Sys­tems concepts

spencergApr 28, 2023, 1:42 PM
31 points
1 comment1 min readLW link
(programs.clearerthinking.org)

Ham­mer­time Day 1: Bug Hunt

alkjashJan 30, 2018, 6:40 AM
117 points
28 comments5 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

[Per­sonal Ex­per­i­ment] One Year with­out Junk Me­dia: Six-Month Update

lsusrJun 18, 2020, 4:34 PM
69 points
21 comments1 min readLW link

Pro­gram­ming an IFS for al­ter­nate uses

SilverFlameApr 29, 2023, 12:25 AM
5 points
0 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Are par­a­sitic worms an effec­tive weapon against MS?

DemeterJul 23, 2020, 1:59 PM
31 points
11 comments9 min readLW link

Phys­i­cal al­ign­ment—do you have it? Take a minute & check.

leggiFeb 5, 2020, 4:02 AM
4 points
4 comments1 min readLW link

A Good Pos­ture - Mus­cles & Self-Aware­ness.

leggiNov 15, 2019, 9:19 AM
10 points
3 comments7 min readLW link

More Dakka

ZviDec 2, 2017, 1:10 PM
214 points
29 comments13 min readLW link
(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Make your train­ing useful

AnnaSalamonFeb 12, 2011, 2:14 AM
141 points
46 comments5 min readLW link

Sab­bath hard and go home

BenquoSep 27, 2017, 7:49 AM
98 points
15 comments5 min readLW link

Sin­gu­lar­ity Mindset

alkjashJan 19, 2018, 12:32 AM
52 points
16 comments4 min readLW link
(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Psy­cho-cy­ber­net­ics: ex­per­i­men­tal notes

romeostevensitSep 18, 2018, 7:21 PM
59 points
3 comments13 min readLW link

[Question] What is the ev­i­dence for pro­duc­tivity benefits of weightlift­ing?

jpJun 2, 2019, 7:17 PM
59 points
27 comments1 min readLW link

Ap­ply­ing Be­hav­ioral Psy­chol­ogy on Myself

John_MaxwellJun 20, 2010, 6:25 AM
72 points
39 comments2 min readLW link

[Per­sonal Ex­per­i­ment] One Year with­out Junk Media

lsusrDec 14, 2019, 8:26 AM
45 points
11 comments1 min readLW link

No, Se­ri­ously. Just Try It: TAPs

HazardJan 14, 2018, 3:24 PM
16 points
14 comments1 min readLW link
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