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Ask HN: Self-Experimentation During Lockdown

2 points by kratom_sandwich ↗ HN
All days look the same for me during lockdown and I am sure some of you can relate. While this is somewhat dull and unsatisfying, it should also provide ideal conditions for some harmless self-experimentation. I'm not necessarily talking about stabbing your eyeballs with a needle like Isaac Newton did, but more about self-optimization like finding optimal sleep or eating schedules.

Has anyone had the same thought? Is the idea valid? Suggestions for experiments?

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detaro
Stay away from your username please ;)

I've done some experimenting with routines to adjust to staying at home almost all the time without sleep and attention span totally going out the window, but not very scientifically.

netizen-9748
Just to add onto this, while overdose on kratom is more difficult than traditional opiates, kratom is still physically addictive

Personally I think that self experimentation and optimisation should be a constant in one's life, whether there is a pandemic or not. If I'm not learning and trying to make myself better than I was last week/month/year, what am I even doing in life?