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Re:A Revolution in Biology on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @10:48AM (#40646819)
Why do you think the book has anything to do with religion.

It does not.

Here are some example chapter titles:

Homochitality of building blocks

Boipolymer Reproduction

Means of Gene Regulation

Selectively Permeable Membranes

The whole book is just an examination of such scientific issues.

Religion doesn’t come in to it anywhere.

Re:A Revolution in Biology on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @05:39AM (#40644291)
What is the false premise?
Re:A Revolution in Biology on Monday June 10, 2024 @02:10PM (#40636367)
Just read the book. If it is so terrible then you can write a review demolishing it.
Re:A Revolution in Biology on Monday June 10, 2024 @10:12AM (#40633890)
And I'm not opposed to doing research, of course (hard to believe I have to clarify this)

In fact I want people to research the question of the origin of life as rigorously and exhaustively as possible because it is just going to make it that much more obvious that life was designed by God.

I have absolutely no fear that this "gap" is going to do anything but widen.

Ok, I'm not sure whether you're reading this or not, but check out this thread:

https://news.ycombinator.com/context?id=40627548

Is that an interaction that is worthy of a ban?

I feel that what often happens is that I make a non-flame-war comment, and then someone comes in and uses passive but extremely aggressive language against me, and then I am forced to either retreat or to hold my own.

I look like the bad guy, but the other guy is actually the unreasonable one.

You are a world-class moderator so I have no problem with your judgment!

Re:A Revolution in Biology on Monday June 10, 2024 @07:01AM (#40632212)
Yes, I bite the bullet on the god of the gaps when it comes to the origin of life.
Re:A Revolution in Biology on Monday June 10, 2024 @07:00AM (#40632202)
In fact exactly the opposite is the situation. I knew ahead of time that this guy wouldn’t read a short book, but I posted it for the sake of people who are interested in empiricism and evidence-based thinking.
Sheesh, as chance would have it the most recent Revero podcast has more information about alleviating Crohn's and IBS through the carnivore diet.
I recommend that you try the carnivore diet yourself. It really is a panacea, and I don't use that term lightly.
Re:A Revolution in Biology on Sunday June 09, 2024 @08:22PM (#40628761)
Have you read a book called The Stairway to Life: An Origin-of-Life Reality Check by Tan & Stadler? You can find it on Amazon. It's pretty short and will get you thinking rigorously about the problem.
Re:A Revolution in Biology on Sunday June 09, 2024 @04:55PM (#40627548)
As a biologist, how do you account for the existence of life?
First of all "dietitians" just spout the conventional wisdom and are not known for their acerbic wit.

And yes, I recommend eliminating fruite, vegetables, whole grains, and plant-based proteins. All the nutrients you need are contained in animals. Beef liver, eggs, and sardines are the three most nutrient-dense foods on Earth.

Anyone can simply try this diet for themselves (please give it at least six weeks, but ideally 12 weeks). I promise you that you will thrive.

Please read The Big Fat Surprise by Nina Teicholz to get the "science on saturated fat and CVD". You will find that it supports my perspective. Phenomenal book -- deeply researched over ten years and well-written.
Nothing I said was transphobic or hateful -- that's all in your head.
I don't get it. Could you please elaborate?
FYI;

* I don’t pay for Twitter blue

* I think Elon is brain-addled

* I can’t stand the All In Podcast guys (but I’ve tuned in a few times)

* I think supporting Trump means you have TDS

* I’m vaccinated

* I don’t believe there is such a thing as a “trans person”.

* I believe we can prove that God exists through science because we now have the tools to better understand life.

* I’m a fan of both Sam Harris and the Decoding The Gurus podcast.

So put all that in your pipe and smoke it.

Yes, I am a TRUE BELIEVER in the carnivore diet.

I think every doctor should recommend the carnivore diet, or an extremely close variant of it, to pretty much everyone they come across.

I’m sorry that bothers you.

I think I understand this better than most doctors do (and I am the son of a doctor).

But there are doctors who see this my way: Dr. Anthony Chaffee is just one great example.

Why don’t you follow Dr. Anthony Chaffee’s advice and eat only red meat?

First, Dr. Ken Berry has not had his medical license revoked.

Second, Dr. Shawn Baker got involved in a dispute with a hospital system because he began curing people through the carnivore diet rather than through extremely expensive surgery (he is an orthopedic surgeon). This led to the hospital system losing a lot of money. They insisted that he stop curing people, but Dr. Baker refused. They retaliated against him by getting a fraudulent fellow to badmouth his work and get his license revoked. He then went to court and won and his name was cleared completely.

As for your claim that there is no evidence to back up the fact that humans were healthier before 12,000 years ago, what about the fact that they were taller and had fewer dental caries and larger brains? Also, my point was not that humans were healthier then (although they were) but that the carnivore diet was the diet that human beings literally evolved on.

We should all thank God that your Reddit community is not the only resource available to people suffering from Crohn's Disease.

I am extraordinarily familiar with people whose heads explode when they hear about the carnivore diet. They just cannot fathom it. It makes them so so so mad to think that there are people out there in the world THRIVING on a diet of only red meat.

I've met close-minded people like you before. They would rather just go through life with painful and disfiguring skin conditions, or acid reflux, or IBD, or infertility, for example, than try the carnivore diet. You are not alone in your baseless outrage. One thing you will certainly never do is actually give the diet a good faith try for 12 weeks -- I know that by now. I've been hearing from people like you for years. You will die on this hill.

I get it, dude -- you're angry that people don't see it your way. For people who would like to thrive in life, however, I recommend the carnivore diet.
The carnivore diet is the ultimate elimination diet. The strict version (in which you eat nothing but ribeye steak) is nutritionally 100% complete and there are people who have been thriving on this diet for over a decade now. Meat is the food that human beings evolved on. Just try it and see for yourself.
This guys argument appears to be "doctor's don't know how to treat this problem, so you should trust them." Just ridiculous on its face.
My advice to you would be to get off your high horse and maybe learn something for once. You are also not their doctor, so I don't understand why you think you should contribute to this discussion.

If you want evidence that the carnivore diet (I don't promote the keto diet) will reduce inflammation in patients with IBD then I can point you to a dozen stories of people who have cured their IBD through a carnivore diet. But you are just going to dismiss the evidence as anecdotal (nevermind that the anecdotes are endlessly accumulating) and not credible because you already have your mind made up.

If I were you I would actually try a carnivore diet for 90 days before making any more pronouncements, because I can assure you that YOU ABSOLUTELY DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.

The fact that people have been so brainwashed into thinking that eating red meat is by definition a bad thing is a severe problem in our society and it is people like you who are contributing to our epidemic of chronic disease.

I honestly find it hard to believe that you would post that comment with such confidence. Who do you think you are?

Don't judge a book by its cover.
Beef-only is the ultimate elimination diet. You literally eliminate absolutely everything except beef.

And beef contains 100% of the nutrients you need in order to thrive in life.

There are people who have literally eaten nothing but ribeye steaks for over ten years now.

Also, consider the fact that agriculture is only about 12,000 years old, but human beings have been living on Earth for about 200,000 years (in our current form -- a couple million if you include Homo Erectus and the other variations). We were basically 99% meat-eaters for the vast vast majority of human history.

I follow a diet that is basically 100% beef, eggs, salmon, and milk (planning to cut out the milk) and I can assure you that it is the easiest possible diet for your digestive system. (For one thing, you completely stop farting.). You have never known poops so small, easy, and quick (because 99% of what you eat is simply absorbed - this diet has no fiber).

Note that there is no truly satisfactory "literature" on ANY diet, because double-blind randomized controlled trials that are of a long enough duration and over a large enough sample size are basically impossible to conduct. The human body is the most complex thing that we know of in the universe.

However, you can follow the work of Dr. Ken Berry or Dr. Shawn Baker to learn more about the carnivore diet -- they've been neck deep in it for years. And the anecdotal evidence is becoming overwhelming -- check ou the success stories at the carnivore.diet website.

I swear that if you put your son on a strict carnivore diet it will heal his Crohn's disease. Check out the "success stories" section of the carnivore.diet website and do a search for "crohn's".
Please try the carnivore diet. I have listened to dozens of stories of people with IBD, Crohn's etc, who have been completely healed on the carnivore diet. Check out the Revero podcast to find some of the stories.
I know this will get downvoted hard, but if you follow a strict carnivore diet and eat only steak, then you will completely clear up IBS, Crohn's, UC, and all those kinds of issues. You will also completely eliminate acid reflux and any skin issues (eczema, psoriasis, etc) will see dramatic improvement.
So much cope in the comments from people who don't want to face the fact that human beings are special in a way that materialism cannot explain.
I bite the bullet on the god of the gaps

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