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Re: TechCrunch As We Know It May Be Over

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Post by libraryatnight »

pbreit wrote: post #94
ellyagg wrote: post #88

Whenever I read one of these TC articles claiming that apparent conflicts of interest are laughable, I'm amazed, mainly because I accept the claim for a couple of paragraphs before I blink several times and wonder, what on earth am I thinking?! It seems passionate and outraged hyperbole can take my eyes off the rabbit temporarily. You can't make conflicts of interest go away just by saying, "No, but he's a really hon…

Yeah, MG's comment itself was laughable. And that's not disrespecting TC or it's writers, it's just human. Whether or not undisclosed conflicts are a worse problem is orthogonal.

MG's comment was typical MG. Which means yes it was absolutely laughable.

Re: TechCrunch As We Know It May Be Over

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Post by vl »

ellyagg wrote: post #88

Whenever I read one of these TC articles claiming that apparent conflicts of interest are laughable, I'm amazed, mainly because I accept the claim for a couple of paragraphs before I blink several times and wonder, what on earth am I thinking?! It seems passionate and outraged hyperbole can take my eyes off the rabbit temporarily. You can't make conflicts of interest go away just by saying, "No, but he's a really hon…

So, would you recommend Four Hour Body?

Re: TechCrunch As We Know It May Be Over

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Post by ellyagg »

vl wrote: post #112
ellyagg wrote: post #88

Whenever I read one of these TC articles claiming that apparent conflicts of interest are laughable, I'm amazed, mainly because I accept the claim for a couple of paragraphs before I blink several times and wonder, what on earth am I thinking?! It seems passionate and outraged hyperbole can take my eyes off the rabbit temporarily. You can't make conflicts of interest go away just by saying, "No, but he's a really hon…

So, would you recommend Four Hour Body?

Yes. The sections I feel expert on or had direct experience with beforehand were well done. For example, in the chapter on gaining muscle, I was thinking, "I bet he doesn't know about the GOMAD diet." On my hard-gainer frame and with my hard-gainer appetite I'd recently gained 20 lbs of lean mass in two weeks on it, which was sort of like gaining super powers given my history. Surprise, surprise, he covers it. When, in one paragraph, you learn about a diet that's more effective than steroids for bodies that haven't significantly tapped into their hypertrophy potential, you've made up the price of admission already.

Or, when he talks about the unique challenges facing women in body shaping, his thinking mirrored my own in some subtle ways that I'd never heard anyone else talk about before (possibly because it might seem sexist).

Given that, I tended to trust that the other material would at least be thought provoking. Basically, he's just really committed to self-improvement--which I know a lot of folks around here are--and looks anywhere to find tools and techniques to aid in his quest. There's an emphasis on science, but he's willing to try anything if research hasn't solved the problem yet.

It covers the right things and was fun.

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