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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • I was speaking from experience. My old tendinitis injury seems to return briefly whenever a cold rain is about to happen.

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    lol. I’ll have to pay more attention in the future. I swear it’s true tho.

    Does research matter when you have personal experience?

    That’s a fair question. And it’s something I’ve even heard in TV commercials about headache medicines: “I don’t care about the research. I just know what works for me.” But it’s worth remembering that humans have a remarkable tendency to remember when two things occur or change together (such as wet, gloomy weather and joint pain), but remember less when things do not occur together. That rainy day when you felt no better or worse is unlikely to be so notable that you remember it. If you rely solely on memory rather than on more rigorous, data-based evidence, it’s easy to conclude a link exists where, in fact, none does.