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> During all his years on the island, Morandi says he has never gotten sick, a quality he attributes to "good genes." I bet reduced contact with other humans helped as well!
> During all his years on the island, Morandi says he has never gotten sick, a quality he attributes to "good genes." I bet reduced contact with other humans helped as well!
That + living outdoors and on your own turns you more resilient. Improves the constitution, so to speak. Like how you're less bothered by the cold the more time you spend outdoors.
Isn't this just a case of survivor bias? In that the people it kills, well, they aren't around to be "more resilient"...
I read another diary online from a man who lived alone on one of the pacific islands. I want to to say that it was in the 1970s but I can't be sure. I think he was originally a New Zealander. It was fascinating reading, describing how the wild pigs on the island would eat his freshly planted vegetable garden and how he hid up a tree at night until they showed up before leaping down to kill one of them. Also the regre…
>>Also the regret he felt after killing the animal. I feel like a lot of people would benefit from knowing the cost behind meat production. I eat meat, but growing up on a farm in the "old days" when you could still do this soft of thing, I have witnessed a pig being killed by literally stabbing it in the neck through the artery and waiting until it bleeds out, and then gutting it within minutes after death while the…
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You are probably thinking of this guy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Neale
That was it. The site that I read the story on was here: http://www.janesoceania.com/suvarov_tom_neale/index.htm If you can look past the garish design of the site, it's great reading.
color: blue;I read another diary online from a man who lived alone on one of the pacific islands. I want to to say that it was in the 1970s but I can't be sure. I think he was originally a New Zealander. It was fascinating reading, describing how the wild pigs on the island would eat his freshly planted vegetable garden and how he hid up a tree at night until they showed up before leaping down to kill one of them. Also the regre…
>>Also the regret he felt after killing the animal. I feel like a lot of people would benefit from knowing the cost behind meat production. I eat meat, but growing up on a farm in the "old days" when you could still do this soft of thing, I have witnessed a pig being killed by literally stabbing it in the neck through the artery and waiting until it bleeds out, and then gutting it within minutes after death while the…
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That + living outdoors and on your own turns you more resilient. Improves the constitution, so to speak. Like how you're less bothered by the cold the more time you spend outdoors.
> That + living outdoors and on your own turns you more resilient. Isn't this just a case of survivor bias? In that the people it kills, well, they aren't around to be "more resilient"...
I find these stories about people like this exhilarating. I think we all yearn to do this, and yet few of us do.
I'm just one data point but I have absolutely zero desire to do something like this.
For those interested in this story, you may also like the documentary "Alone In The Wilderness" by PBS. It's a great story of a man that lived alone for 30 years in the Alaskan wilderness. https://shop.pbs.org/alone-in-the-wilderness-dvd/product/ALW...
1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbhPIK-oBvA&list=PLcHbZZPce_...
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>>Also the regret he felt after killing the animal. I feel like a lot of people would benefit from knowing the cost behind meat production. I eat meat, but growing up on a farm in the "old days" when you could still do this soft of thing, I have witnessed a pig being killed by literally stabbing it in the neck through the artery and waiting until it bleeds out, and then gutting it within minutes after death while the…
I can relate to this, except the last sentence. Taking advantage of the privilege of living in a society where meat alternatives and other sources of protein are abundant, my delayed reaction to witnessing animal slaughter was to quit eating animal products altogether. The only real cost of it has been in dealing with colleagues in the UK, who enjoy questioning me about my dietary choices (at best), or persistently t…
For those interested in this story, you may also like the documentary "Alone In The Wilderness" by PBS. It's a great story of a man that lived alone for 30 years in the Alaskan wilderness. https://shop.pbs.org/alone-in-the-wilderness-dvd/product/ALW...
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/jun/01/consolations-f...