jb247 said:
"When someone says "I think it", then I don't mind. When someone says something is fact with no real proof, it bothers me."
I also stated that I have had smoke that was grown non organically, and not properly flushed, and it tasted like somebodies sock...nasty.
Peace...j.b.
That's why double blind testing is necessary to determine if it's in your head or not.
In a double blind test, neither the person smoking OR the person giving them the weed would know which was which. The flushed weed or the non-flushed weed.
You already know what it is you're smoking. That blows the test right there. It means nothing, because you already know that you're smoking the flushed or non-flushed weed.
You'd have to grow two plants in an identical way. Exactly identical.
Then, have someone else flush one and not the other and mark one "A" and one "B".
Only that person would know which was the flushed.
Then, yet another person takes the weed and rolls a joint from each without knowing which is "A" or "B".
You then try each of them under exactly the same circumstances. One on one day, then the other on another day with the same exact timing and circumstances as the first day. Same time, same everything.
Do this and mark down which you think is which.
Do this until you've been given random samples of both where one day you're smoking the same weed both times and another day, you're smoking the other weed both times. Then days where you smoke each of them in different order.
That, my friend is what double blind testing is.
IF after all that, it turns out that you have actually chosen the flushed weed as superior in taste to the non-flushed weed, then I would believe the process.
Until you've done that, it's not a fair test because you already know what it is that you're smoking each time.
All testing that is scientifically accepted is done this way to eliminate the "Human" factor out of it.
If someone were to tell you for months that the flushing caused the smoke to be harsh, you'd be telling me it was harsh now. That's the human factor man. People *always* sense what it is they are told will happen. It's just human nature.
Set up a double blind test with two of your friends and try it.
Each time you smoke one, write down "Harsh" or "Mellow". Tell them to switch them around and to also give you only one type at least once and tell you it's both.
I'll guarantee you that you'll not get it right. You'll be saying that both types are harsh and mellow. That's why double blind testing is so valuable. It separates the baloney from the facts.
Or, if you choose not to do the testing, be at peace man. It really doesn't matter what you do.
Flush, don't flush. Wave a blue flag at them at 3:12pm each day while standing on your left foot. Do whatever makes you feel good man.
But until the flushing is tested via the double blind way with neutral observers, it's really not confirmed that flushing does anything but make people think what they already do.
Peace man. Enjoy your weed and just do what makes you feel good.
