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

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 30 May 2013 02:26:07PM 0 points [-]

The experiment didn't compare cold water in the ear to other sorts of pain/distraction.

Comment author: Tenoke 30 May 2013 06:28:13PM *  6 points [-]

No, they did something even better than that..

Compared to baseline, average risk estimates were significantly higher during left-ear stimulation, whereas they remained unchanged during right-ear stimulation.

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