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gwern comments on To become more rational, rinse your left ear with cold water - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: dvasya 29 May 2013 11:32PM

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Comment author: gwern 30 May 2013 01:40:23AM *  5 points [-]

No, it's not that bad. But it does give you genuine vertigo - I was surprised when I did it that it wasn't just a little vertigo but closer to roller coaster vertigo. Apparently shocking your inner ear really does stuff!