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It is considered not definitive, given the sample size of 1, confirmation bias, amped-up placebo effect, lack of oversight, conflict of interest when the patient is the investigator… but you’re usually allowed to do what you want with your own body.


The relevant Wikipedia page says all that too, but then confuses matters by listing about 50 notable examples.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-experimentation_in_medici...


Not definitive ≠ useless




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