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Diana S. Fleischman
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I'm 24 hours into a week long fast, my fourth long fast in 2 years. Until Monday I will only take water, tea and electrolytes. Here is a good introduction as to why fasting is good for you.
Have been really impressed by the "fasting fat man" who fasted for 150 days this past year. I think this probably is safer and has more enduring effects than weight loss surgery. Here he is on day 90.
Highly recommend @iamsiimland to learn more about fasting. See here an essential guide to getting electrolytes on your fast.
@iamsiimland Pretty much anything you might be curious about is also addressed at reddit's forum on fasting reddit.com/r/fasting/
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Ian J Deary on why smart people often question IQ "clever people develop a kind of cognitive noblesse oblige; they know they have won the lottery on a valuable trait, but they think it is bad form to acknowledge it"
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Nonsense is the belief the scientific endeavor can discover nothing true about human nature but simultaneously believing that we can understand culture and harness it to improve the human condition. Culture is an outgrowth of our animal nature rather than an outside cause.
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I had a fun and wide ranging conversation with @JohnDanaher on evolutionary psychology, sex differences, casual sex, the replication crisis, incels, male violence, porn, and why women don't want sex robots. …ilosophicaldisquisitions.blogspot.com/2018/08/episod…
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