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.
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.