Self Experimentation

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My Fear Heuristic

lsusr1 Dec 2020 8:00 UTC

112 points

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Self-Blinded Caffeine RCT

niplav27 Jun 2023 12:38 UTC

44 points

9 comments8 min readLW link

Experiments as a Third Alternative

Adam Zerner29 Oct 2023 0:39 UTC

48 points

21 comments5 min readLW link

Barefoot FAQ

dkl926 Mar 2024 16:29 UTC

0 points

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(dkl9.net)

Don’t Fear Failure

atucker3 Apr 2011 22:52 UTC

40 points

12 comments2 min readLW link

Just Try It: Quantity Trumps Quality

atucker4 Apr 2011 1:13 UTC

88 points

83 comments2 min readLW link

Michael Dickens’ Caffeine Tolerance Research

niplav4 Sep 2024 15:41 UTC

46 points

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(mdickens.me)

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

lc23 Aug 2023 22:08 UTC

56 points

18 comments1 min readLW link

Please Bet On My Quantified Self Decision Markets

niplav1 Dec 2023 20:07 UTC

36 points

6 comments6 min readLW link

Try more things.

whales12 Jan 2014 1:25 UTC

88 points

20 comments7 min readLW link

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

CheerfulWarrior8 Feb 2021 17:22 UTC

10 points

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Meta-preferences are weird

jacobjacob and Charlie Steiner

16 Jul 2020 23:03 UTC

13 points

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Pomodoro Method Randomized Self Experiment

niplav29 Sep 2024 21:55 UTC

14 points

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[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 C3 Jul 2020 21:02 UTC

20 points

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

Elizabeth21 Apr 2022 19:30 UTC

47 points

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(acesounderglass.com)

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

lynettebye3 Apr 2020 21:36 UTC

52 points

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One Year of Pomodoros

Alex_Altair31 Dec 2020 4:42 UTC

56 points

7 comments9 min readLW link

Things You’re Allowed to Do: University Edition

Saul Munn6 Feb 2024 0:36 UTC

94 points

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(www.brasstacks.blog)

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

Elizabeth20 Jun 2024 0:01 UTC

30 points

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Break your habits: be more empirical

Academian2 Oct 2010 21:04 UTC

149 points

33 comments2 min readLW link

Destroying Insecurity and Boosting Confidence Through Your Interests and Values

Olitness1 Aug 2021 14:34 UTC

21 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

(olitness.wordpress.com)

Using the Quantified Self paradigma for COVID-19

ChristianKl22 Mar 2020 21:14 UTC

27 points

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Things You’re Allowed to Do: At the Dentist

rbinnn28 Jan 2024 18:39 UTC

38 points

16 comments1 min readLW link

(metavee.github.io)

Self-Blinded L-Theanine RCT

niplav31 Oct 2023 15:24 UTC

53 points

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

shapeshifter18 May 2023 21:40 UTC

10 points

3 comments1 min readLW link

Self-Similarity Experiment

Dawn Drescher15 Aug 2020 13:19 UTC

12 points

0 comments10 min readLW link

Seed Study: Polyphasic Sleep in Ten Steps

LoganStrohl11 Jul 2013 7:17 UTC

45 points

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Reflections on a no content January 2020 experiment

Elo22 Mar 2020 15:32 UTC

33 points

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A Day Without Defaults

katydee20 Oct 2014 8:07 UTC

49 points

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Experiment Idea Thread - Spring 2011

Psychohistorian6 May 2011 18:10 UTC

35 points

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Self-experiment Protocol: Effect of Chocolate on Sleep

NoSignalNoNoise22 Jul 2019 3:32 UTC

30 points

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Micro Habits that Improve One’s Day

silentbob1 Jul 2023 10:53 UTC

61 points

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[Personal Experiment] Counterbalancing Risk-Aversion

lsusr15 Nov 2019 8:34 UTC

31 points

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Magnetic rings (the most mediocre superpower) A review.

Elo30 Jul 2015 13:23 UTC

52 points

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Reinforcement and Short-Term Rewards as Anti-Akratic

Intrism13 Apr 2013 20:47 UTC

35 points

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Does playing hard to get work? AB testing for romance

amplemaple26 Oct 2020 15:29 UTC

17 points

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Decaf vs. regular coffee self-experiment

NaiveTortoise1 Mar 2020 19:19 UTC

10 points

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(an1lam.github.io)

Without a phone for 10 days

Benjamin Spiegel10 Oct 2021 5:19 UTC

19 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

Experimenting with Android Digital Wellbeing

Yair Halberstadt21 Oct 2021 5:43 UTC

8 points

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30-ish focusing tips

Raymond D22 Oct 2021 19:38 UTC

22 points

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

kman12 Sep 2022 20:45 UTC

27 points

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

Phosphorous8 Jan 2023 21:07 UTC

31 points

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Sleep Quality: Strategies that work for me

Lukas Trötzmüller15 Feb 2023 0:17 UTC

16 points

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[Update] Without a phone for 10 days

Benjamin Spiegel20 Oct 2021 1:17 UTC

11 points

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How harmful is music, really?

dkl917 Sep 2024 14:53 UTC

10 points

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(dkl9.net)

Parametrize Priority Evaluations

SilverFlame8 Apr 2023 0:39 UTC

2 points

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

spencerg28 Apr 2023 13:42 UTC

31 points

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(programs.clearerthinking.org)

Hammertime Day 1: Bug Hunt

alkjash30 Jan 2018 6:40 UTC

115 points

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(radimentary.wordpress.com)

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

lsusr18 Jun 2020 16:34 UTC

69 points

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Programming an IFS for alternate uses

SilverFlame29 Apr 2023 0:25 UTC

5 points

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

Demeter23 Jul 2020 13:59 UTC

31 points

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

leggi5 Feb 2020 4:02 UTC

4 points

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A Good Posture - Muscles & Self-Awareness.

leggi15 Nov 2019 9:19 UTC

10 points

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More Dakka

Zvi2 Dec 2017 13:10 UTC

206 points

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(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Make your training useful

AnnaSalamon12 Feb 2011 2:14 UTC

140 points

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Sabbath hard and go home

Benquo27 Sep 2017 7:49 UTC

96 points

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Singularity Mindset

alkjash19 Jan 2018 0:32 UTC

52 points

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(radimentary.wordpress.com)

Psycho-cybernetics: experimental notes

romeostevensit18 Sep 2018 19:21 UTC

54 points

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

jp2 Jun 2019 19:17 UTC

59 points

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Applying Behavioral Psychology on Myself

John_Maxwell20 Jun 2010 6:25 UTC

70 points

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[Personal Experiment] One Year without Junk Media

lsusr14 Dec 2019 8:26 UTC

45 points

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No, Seriously. Just Try It: TAPs

Hazard14 Jan 2018 15:24 UTC

16 points

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Rationalist Lent

Qiaochu_Yuan14 Feb 2013 6:32 UTC

65 points

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Rationalist Lent

Qiaochu_Yuan13 Feb 2018 23:55 UTC

41 points

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No, Seriously. Just Try It.

lukeprog20 Apr 2011 16:11 UTC

88 points

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