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An overview of science and the scientific method or discipline, to include the principle of falsifiability for scientific propositions. This is then applied to my own years of self experimentation in a context of weight gain/loss and degraded/improved health and fitness.
An overview of science and the scientific method or discipline, to include the principle of falsifiability for scientific propositions. This is then applied to my own years of self experimentation in a context of weight gain/loss and degraded/improved health and fitness.
1.
Self-Experimentation
The Best Science?
Richard Nikoley, FreetheAnimal.com
2.
What is Science?
• The intellectual and practical activity
encompassing the systematic study of the
structure and behavior of the physical and
natural world through observation and
experiment
• A systematically organized body of knowledge
on a particular subject
• Knowledge of any kind
3.
How is Science Done?
• Make observations and study them
• Find associations
• Form a hypothesis; make a prediction
• Test hypothesis
4.
Principles of Science
• Falsifiability
• Try to disprove
• Avoid confounders
• No number of failures to disprove confirms an
hypothesis while a single falsification relegates
the hypothesis to the shitcan
5.
Bullshit Science
• Confirmation bias
• Grant whores
• Pet theories
• Follow the money
• Political policy
6.
Good vs. Useful Science
• Even the best controlled, randomized
intervention study utilizing impeccable
methods and presenting clear conclusions is of
limited relevance to YOU!
• You still have to test it on yourself
7.
Principles of Self-
Experimentation
• Sound foundation (heroin will make you feel
good)
• Manage confounders
• Confront your biases
• Be honest with yourself
• Never stop learning
8.
My Self-Experiments
• Walking 3 miles per day for 5-6 years (5,000 -
6,000 miles).
18.
Continuing Experiments
• Low-carb vs. Moderate vs. Cycling
• No Soap; No Shampoo
• Various Intermittent Fasting Methods
• Starch (potatoes, white rice)
• Dairy and nut reduction elimination
• Fermented vegetables
• Extended cold water exposure
• Barefoot
19.
The Whole Animal
• News & Current Events Obsession
• 1 in 300 millionth say in your own affairs
• Care about whose going to rule you next
• Going one God further