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Yvain comments on Irrationality Game II - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Yvain 27 July 2012 08:40:17PM 1 point [-]

Self-experimentation seems like a really bad way to test things about mental exhaustion. It would be way too easy to placebo myself into working for a longer amount of time without a break, when testing the condition that would support my theory. Might wait until I can find a test subject.

Comment author: gwern 27 July 2012 08:50:55PM 4 points [-]

If you got a result consistent with your theory, then yes it might just be placebo effect, but is that result entirely useless; and if you got a result inconsistent with your theory, is that useless as well?