> "It's complicated so we shouldn't try is basically the excuse."
I think the actual criticism is more along the lines of "It's so complicated that it's incredibly unlikely this guy has been truly successful."
> "Let the pioneers have fun and play and learn, that's what I say!"
Which is all well and good when they're merely experimenting on themselves. But this guy has gone from tinkering to claiming success and safety and begun distribution.
That's beyond tinkering and well into tampering.
He should absolutely feel free to tinker and explore and even publish his recipes and personal data for anyone similarly-motivated to build upon. But there's a line between doing that and doing what he's begun, the way he's begun it.
Re:This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again
by acqq on Wednesday March 13, 2013 @06:25PM
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Or even "It's so complicated that it's certain this guy fails." We know for sure that he can't include all the stuff that we know that exists but for which we absolutely don't know how we can avoid eating the real things.
Re:This Man Thinks He Never Has to Eat Again
by Kim_Bruning on Thursday March 14, 2013 @06:12AM
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Well, that's what science is for. If something is complicated and we don't understand it, we need to develop hypotheses and experiment. Over time our understanding grows.
What we don't do is go all "hurr durr it's too complicated, let's not even try".
In my opinion: the use of supplemented food like this will only improve our understanding and increase the speed at which those models are made.
By approaching the problem from BOTH sides we can create the most full expression of what is needed and why.
Still I dislike this excuse because: you run the risk of missing micronutrients every single day on a traditional diet, too.
Your body doesn't care if you forgot a micronutrient due to carelessness or if it simply wasn't in the profile of the whole foods you ate. Missing is missing. Eating popcorn, soda and fast food for a week straight means you miss a lot of important nutrients. And yet you survive.
Let the pioneers have fun and play and learn, that's what I say!