I would do a placebo control too, just to make sure.
My prior that snorting DI water would do nothing was pretty strong, but I had intended to test it anyway, so thanks for the reminder.
I snorted some DI water last night, in the same manner that I snorted vaccine/peptides. With the vaccine/peptides, I pretty consistently woke up congested the next morning, and blew my nose every few minutes throughout the day. None of that has happened with the DI water—it’s just been a normal day so far, in terms of congestion.
I’m not sure DI water would be a suitable “placebo” here. Perhaps a placebo effect is not even what is occurring. Previously you were inhaling something with small particles—a bit like what happens every spring with pollen. Perhaps a test with some other inert matter that might not even be able to invade your body much less produce some type of chemical reactions with the cells or cellular processes?
Yeah, that had occurred to me too. If people have other suggestions for what to snort, I’m open to ideas. Though my priors are still pretty strong here—I’ve accidentally snorted enough things to know that most things don’t induce significant congestion.
My prior that snorting DI water would do nothing was pretty strong, but I had intended to test it anyway, so thanks for the reminder.
I snorted some DI water last night, in the same manner that I snorted vaccine/peptides. With the vaccine/peptides, I pretty consistently woke up congested the next morning, and blew my nose every few minutes throughout the day. None of that has happened with the DI water—it’s just been a normal day so far, in terms of congestion.
I’m not sure DI water would be a suitable “placebo” here. Perhaps a placebo effect is not even what is occurring. Previously you were inhaling something with small particles—a bit like what happens every spring with pollen. Perhaps a test with some other inert matter that might not even be able to invade your body much less produce some type of chemical reactions with the cells or cellular processes?
Yeah, that had occurred to me too. If people have other suggestions for what to snort, I’m open to ideas. Though my priors are still pretty strong here—I’ve accidentally snorted enough things to know that most things don’t induce significant congestion.