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Re:Pythagorean Theorem proof in a 2100 year old Chinese book by E6300 on Saturday March 25, 2017 @04:51AM (#13954677)
You have not addressed my counter-argument. I'm not interested in defending "meat-based diets". I'm simply attacking your pseudo-medicine.

> We have a society whose delusions cause diseases and destruction around the world. If I was wrong, there wouldn't be so many brilliant scientists, doctors, artists, and entrepreneurs on this same train of thought.

Argumentum ad populum.

> Yoga, meditation, plant-based diet have all played a major part in creating [...] computers and the internet.

This is probably the most absurd statement I've read all week.

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Re:Pythagorean Theorem proof in a 2100 year old Chinese book by E6300 on Saturday March 25, 2017 @09:18AM (#13955471)
"Your" as in "the one you brought up".

What does history or the Bay Area have to do with this discussion?

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Re:Pythagorean Theorem proof in a 2100 year old Chinese book by good_vibes on Saturday March 25, 2017 @12:31PM (#13956346)
What did I bring up again? I'm confused what this about at this point. I feel like you are trying to create cognitive dissonance where there is none.

Read these: https://www.amazon.com/What-Dormouse-Said-Counterculture-Per...

https://www.amazon.com/Counterculture-Cyberculture-Stewart-N...

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Re:Pythagorean Theorem proof in a 2100 year old Chinese book by E6300 on Saturday March 25, 2017 @10:56PM (#13958842)
I'm talking about Ayurveda. To recap: you claimed that meat-based diets and pharmaceuticals cause more harm (in absolute terms) than Ayurveda, and I countered that the comparison is invalid because Ayurveda is practiced at a scale that's simply incomparable.
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