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This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again

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Post by solarbunny »

nickelnerve wrote: post #359

This diet already exists. It is called by many names: elemental diet, space diet, astronaut diet. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1410941/pdf/gut0... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elemental_diet Some hospitals may serve this to very ill patients. It has been the subject of much study. It is customized based on the needs of an individual. Most can't stand the taste. It generally works well in the short term…

I am surprised how no one here references space research. Tons of money and talent spent on astronaut diets and space diet optimization in general. However, regarding the evolution of space diets, soylent type foods from tubes are a thing of a past! Today we send best organic products for people in orbit to eat and enjoy.

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Post by bgilroy26 »

FooBarWidget wrote: post #425
bgilroy26 wrote: post #378

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This might be a different tack, but what if you take Mr. Taleb's "nature" to be human nature [1]? People don't tend to eat poison mushrooms as a rule. In that case, his rule would be a good one. If you drift in to a new area of human endevour, the people who follow you out there are taking a risk until the area is well-traveled [1] In the Aristotelian sense: human nature is the proportionate sum of all human activity…

You define nature as activities that people perform most? By that reasoning the culture with the largest population is representative of typical human nature. That just seems wrong. There are almost 2 billion Chinese. They love to eat chicken paws and cow intestines. So that is human's natural diet?

Yep, I'm saying if you generalize about all of us, that's how you'd do it.

Your point is dead on: if you make a generalization that broad, you lose a lot of information.

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Post by dpatrick86 »

criley wrote: post #172
saidajigumi wrote: post #157

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> You sound like an industry-insider explaining why a new startup will fail. I certainly don't want to rain on some new visionary's parade, but I spend a lot of time tracking folks who I consider to be the real visionaries in this field. As in we are currently in the midst of the greatest revolution in human health of our lives, and this guy is running in the wrong direction. We're seeing astonishing results with die…

> "Extraordinary claims, extraordinary proof, or GTFO." > "I see this guy's protocol as nothing but poisonous in the long run." You place a burden of evidence on him that you yourself in this very post violated on a number of occasions. You CANNOT call his diet poisonous simply because you disagree with it. You admitted it yourself: > "Current research is showing that we are only just beginning to gain understanding…

As services like services like WellnessFX become more sophisticated (NOT affiliated) it will ultimately lead to people being better able to both self-experiment and provide evidence after an initial baseline to demonstrate what they're arguing. Exciting times ahead, I think.

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Post by yuvadam »

FooBarWidget wrote: post #425
bgilroy26 wrote: post #378

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This might be a different tack, but what if you take Mr. Taleb's "nature" to be human nature [1]? People don't tend to eat poison mushrooms as a rule. In that case, his rule would be a good one. If you drift in to a new area of human endevour, the people who follow you out there are taking a risk until the area is well-traveled [1] In the Aristotelian sense: human nature is the proportionate sum of all human activity…

You define nature as activities that people perform most? By that reasoning the culture with the largest population is representative of typical human nature. That just seems wrong. There are almost 2 billion Chinese. They love to eat chicken paws and cow intestines. So that is human's natural diet?

Not sure what makes chicken breast better than paws and cow rump better than intestines. All are animal parts.

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Post by elbear »

grecy wrote: post #491
elbear wrote: post #487

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There's nothing wrong with it per se, but I'm not thinking of spending years with a company, because I want to start travelling sooner. Last time the discussion came up with a company, they said they were looking for someone for at least 2 to 4 years, and I couldn't lie to them and tell them I would stay that long.

> and I couldn't lie to them and tell them I would stay that long. That's a choice you have to make. Keep in mind, even when they say they are looking for someone for at least 2 to 4 years, they'll fire you with zero notice if it makes sense to their bottom line. If there is nothing in writing, you are not bound to them any more than they are to you. Circumstances change, and you need to do what's right for you.

Yeah, I should think more like that.

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Post by mathteacher1729 »

grecy wrote: post #146
mathteacher1729 wrote: post #93

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> For anyone that doesn't understand that statement, I recommend taking a few years off work, where you spend your time getting up early every day, doing something all day (hiking, walking, gardening, building, whatever) and go to bed late in the evening (i.e. Full days of activities you want to be doing). I spent 2 years doing this [...] How did you afford this, financially? What was the before/during/after story of…

I saved for ~18 months, then spent two years driving from Alaska to Argentina, because I wanted to. I blogged the whole time at http://theroadchoseme.com All the financial details are at http://theroadchoseme.com/the-price-of-adventure You'll be interested to note I only spent $1200/mo on the road, which is almost exactly what I was spending month-to-month to go to work every day. I'm currently back working as a Soft…

I just wanted to say thank you for sharing this info, I honestly was not expecting such a detailed and thorough reply!
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