<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;font-size:large;color:#000000">Nobody has any explanation for the soap, but thousands have written in about it. Direct application of the soap to the leg doesn't work. I think maybe that it is fumes coming out of the soap and concentrating under the covers. Just a guess. If I forget it I get cramps sometimes; get out of bed, find the soap, put it in place, and bingo no cramps. Who knows? bill w</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 2:47 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
>... On Behalf Of BillK via extropy-chat<br>
Subject: Re: [ExI] discovery<br>
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On Thu, 16 Dec 2021 at 17:21, spike jones via extropy-chat<br>
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>> I am watching carefully for confirmation bias, which is a good<br>
explanation for the shoe business. In many cases, there is exactly one<br>
episode in the night, so anything we do risks causing confirmation bias.<br>
Good chance the shoe cure is only that, because walking out a night cramp<br>
works, and I only have shoes on when I would be walking.<br>
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> spike<br>
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>...Have you heard about the man who wore shoes in bed to keep elephants<br>
away?<br>
When it was pointed out that there aren't any elephants around here, he<br>
replied "See- it works!".<br>
(Sorry - very old joke). :) BillK<br>
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Hey, it works.<br>
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I have at least an arm-waving explanation for why the shoe cure might have<br>
worked.<br>
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Any pressure, even light pressure, on the toes at night can trigger the<br>
cramps because the feet do not completely relax in the configuration in<br>
which I always sleep: toes pointed up.<br>
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Because of the vaccine, I was running a fever, so I really loaded up the<br>
blankets, four of them, and one is heavy so the additional weight was<br>
noticeable. The shoes would support the weight, allowing the feet to relax.<br>
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I still can't imagine what the soap would do.<br>
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spike<br>
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