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by dvcc 4064 days ago
I really never enjoy anecdote-experiments, there always seems to be too little information to conclude anything.

Under the takeaways after two weeks, he mentions that it was easier for him to fall asleep and wake up. But there is no mention on the number of hours pre/post the experiment and no mention on what times he would drink coffee. If he stayed awake 18 hours when he drank coffee and only 16 hours when he didn't, it would make sense he felt more awake in the morning.

I guess I am just annoyed at any of the claimed health benefits through a small anecdote.

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I had the same thought. Correlation certainly doesn't equal causation, and there's really not enough context or info in the post to say it's one or the other. Anecdotal at best.