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Just because it's a gamble doesn't mean the expected value is negative.

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Might the value of experimentation grow exponentially with certain personal factors including intelligence, so that some people had, for instance, a million X advantage in personal experimentation relative to the average person, as is the case in, for instance, writing novels, doing theoretical physics, or selecting an excellent chess move?  If so, like some people should write novels, some people should self-experiment?  

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