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dnauticsyesterday at 3:30 PM2 repliesview on HN

just because it's not double blind doesn't mean it's not science though.

like idk, how do you do double blind studies of astronomical phenomena?


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asveikauyesterday at 3:56 PM

Yeah I know. I'm pulling that out as an example.

It's also true that people in the psychedelic world talk about non-reproducible aspects of the trip quite a bit. "Set and setting" and so forth.

ambicapteryesterday at 3:33 PM

> just because it's not double blind doesn't mean it's not science though.

Shhh, non-scientists don't know that.