“Humming is not a free $100 bill” by Elizabeth

Last month I posted about humming as a cheap and convenient way to flood your nose with nitric oxide (NO), a known antiviral. Alas, the economists were right, and the benefits were much smaller than I estimated.The post contained one obvious error and one complication. Both were caught by Thomas Kwa, for which he has my gratitude. When he initially pointed out the error I awarded him a $50 bounty; now that the implications are confirmed I’ve upped that to $250. In two weeks an additional $750 will go to either him or to whoever provides new evidence that causes me to retract my retraction. Humming produces much less nitric oxide than EnovidI found the dosage of NO in Enovid in a trial registration. Unfortunately I misread the dose- what I original read as “0.11ppm NO/hour” was in fact “0.11ppm NO*hour”. I [...]--- First published: June 6th, 2024 Source: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/dsZeogoPQbF8jSHMB/humming-is-not-a-free-usd100-bill --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.