Self Experimentation

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My Fear Heuristic

lsusr1 Dec 2020 8:00 UTC

82 points

10 comments1 min readLW link

Self-Experiment: Does Working More Hours Increase My Output?

lynettebye3 Apr 2020 21:36 UTC

50 points

0 comments4 min readLW link

Using the Quantified Self paradigma for COVID-19

ChristianKl22 Mar 2020 21:14 UTC

27 points

11 comments3 min readLW link

Try more things.

whales12 Jan 2014 1:25 UTC

77 points

20 comments7 min readLW link

Meta-preferences are weird

jacobjacob and Charlie Steiner

16 Jul 2020 23:03 UTC

12 points

2 comments5 min readLW link

[Question] If someone you loved was experiencing unremitting suffering (related to a constellation of multi-dimensional factors and processes, those of which include anomalous states of consciousness and an iatrogenic mental health system), what would you think and what would you do?

Sara C3 Jul 2020 21:02 UTC

19 points

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One Year of Pomodoros

Alex_Altair31 Dec 2020 4:42 UTC

56 points

7 comments9 min readLW link

[Question] What metrics should I track when experimenting with sleep?

CheerfulWarrior8 Feb 2021 17:22 UTC

10 points

13 comments1 min readLW link

Hammertime Day 1: Bug Hunt

alkjash30 Jan 2018 6:40 UTC

88 points

22 comments5 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

[Personal Experiment] One Year without Junk Media: Six-Month Update

lsusr18 Jun 2020 16:34 UTC

66 points

20 comments1 min readLW link

[Question] Are parasitic worms an effective weapon against MS?

Demeter23 Jul 2020 13:59 UTC

27 points

11 comments9 min readLW link

Physical alignment—do you have it? Take a minute & check.

leggi5 Feb 2020 4:02 UTC

4 points

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A Good Posture - Muscles & Self-Awareness.

leggi15 Nov 2019 9:19 UTC

10 points

2 comments7 min readLW link

More Dakka

Zvi2 Dec 2017 13:10 UTC

133 points

23 comments13 min readLW link

(thezvi.wordpress.com)

Make your training useful

AnnaSalamon12 Feb 2011 2:14 UTC

130 points

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Break your habits: be more empirical

Academian2 Oct 2010 21:04 UTC

129 points

32 comments2 min readLW link

Sabbath hard and go home

Benquo27 Sep 2017 7:49 UTC

76 points

16 comments5 min readLW link

Singularity Mindset

alkjash19 Jan 2018 0:32 UTC

50 points

15 comments4 min readLW link

(radimentary.wordpress.com)

A rationalist’s guide to psychoactive drugs

Skatche10 Feb 2011 1:01 UTC

85 points

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Psycho-cybernetics: experimental notes

romeostevensit18 Sep 2018 19:21 UTC

53 points

2 comments13 min readLW link

[Question] What is the evidence for productivity benefits of weightlifting?

jp2 Jun 2019 19:17 UTC

56 points

27 comments1 min readLW link

Applying Behavioral Psychology on Myself

John_Maxwell20 Jun 2010 6:25 UTC

70 points

39 comments2 min readLW link

[Personal Experiment] One Year without Junk Media

lsusr14 Dec 2019 8:26 UTC

45 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

No, Seriously. Just Try It: TAPs

Hazard14 Jan 2018 15:24 UTC

16 points

14 comments1 min readLW link

Rationalist Lent

Qiaochu_Yuan14 Feb 2013 6:32 UTC

65 points

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Rationalist Lent

Qiaochu_Yuan13 Feb 2018 23:55 UTC

40 points

63 comments1 min readLW link

No, Seriously. Just Try It.

lukeprog20 Apr 2011 16:11 UTC

75 points

42 comments2 min readLW link

Self-Similarity Experiment

Telofy15 Aug 2020 13:19 UTC

12 points

0 comments10 min readLW link

Seed Study: Polyphasic Sleep in Ten Steps

LoganStrohl11 Jul 2013 7:17 UTC

46 points

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Reflections on a no content January 2020 experiment

Elo22 Mar 2020 15:32 UTC

32 points

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A Day Without Defaults

katydee20 Oct 2014 8:07 UTC

49 points

11 comments1 min readLW link

Experiment Idea Thread - Spring 2011

Psychohistorian6 May 2011 18:10 UTC

35 points

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Self-experiment Protocol: Effect of Chocolate on Sleep

AspiringRationalist22 Jul 2019 3:32 UTC

29 points

6 comments2 min readLW link

[Personal Experiment] Counterbalancing Risk-Aversion

lsusr15 Nov 2019 8:34 UTC

29 points

6 comments1 min readLW link

Magnetic rings (the most mediocre superpower) A review.

Elo30 Jul 2015 13:23 UTC

42 points

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Reinforcement and Short-Term Rewards as Anti-Akratic

Intrism13 Apr 2013 20:47 UTC

36 points

27 comments5 min readLW link

Does playing hard to get work? AB testing for romance

amplemaple26 Oct 2020 15:29 UTC

16 points

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Decaf vs. regular coffee self-experiment

NaiveTortoise1 Mar 2020 19:19 UTC

10 points

8 comments7 min readLW link

(an1lam.github.io)

Destroying Insecurity and Boosting Confidence Through Your Interests and Values

Olitness1 Aug 2021 14:34 UTC

17 points

4 comments5 min readLW link

(olitness.wordpress.com)

Without a phone for 10 days

Benjamin Spiegel10 Oct 2021 5:19 UTC

19 points

7 comments1 min readLW link

[Update] Without a phone for 10 days

Benjamin Spiegel20 Oct 2021 1:17 UTC

10 points

13 comments2 min readLW link

Experimenting with Android Digital Wellbeing

Yair Halberstadt21 Oct 2021 5:43 UTC

8 points

4 comments3 min readLW link

30-ish focusing tips

Raymond D22 Oct 2021 19:38 UTC

13 points

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