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Re:Soylent: What Happened When I Stopped Eating For 2 Weeks by graeme on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @10:55PM (#6247899)
I don't understand your criticism. Virtually every post that hits the HN front page was designed to draw traffic.

If you've followed Tim Ferriss, it's clear this is something he'd be interested in. His first company was a sports supplement manufacturer, and he's written two books that touch on nutrition.

I don't see this as a shallow post aimed at promoting a product. Did you even read it?

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Re:Soylent: What Happened When I Stopped Eating For 2 Weeks by anigbrowl on Tuesday August 20, 2013 @11:13PM (#6247955)
I don't see this as a shallow post aimed at promoting a product. Did you even read it?

Not what I said, and yes I did. I know why he'd be interested in it, or more to the point I know why his readership would. Having someone else do the (unscientific) experiment pulls all the traffic while allowing TF to look objective without investing anything. It's shallow in that (as shown above) the medical claims made are quite meaningless.

http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html

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