In regards to eating meat

[yossarian]

I still don't agree with Tenet Nosce. He has his experts and I have my experts. I think it's dangerous to tell fat people to listen to their body. The first thing they do is go and binge on junk carbs.

There is an internet psychic who used to tell people that and I would read the comments on her blog. She would tell fat people to listen to their body/intuition and the fat people would just go eat terrible food. I remember someone asked, "Mrs. Psychic lady, I did what you said but all the messages I got were to eat McDonalds, potato chips, and ice cream." Her response was that the person needed to "raise her vibration" first before asking the body. Of course, it's not clear at all how to do this. The dieter had already done all the techniques the psychic recommended and the result was a carb binge.

Looking within is the opposite of science. That's not science that's religion. I support looking within but not on scientific questions. On scientific questions, by definition, you're looking without.

I think it makes sense to try and confirm science through intuition if you are a person who follows your intuition, but ultimately the authority needs to be science if you want to be reasonable and give advice.

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The body of knowledge I hold does not make me "superior" it makes me responsible. That includes speaking up when I see 25 grams of protein a day being made as general recommendations to be "more spiritual".

How loudly do I need to recant this position for you to get over it?

I understand there are many people who were harmed or feel abused by this statement.

I got the concept from medical professionals and biologists who claimed that 25g of plant protein has higher bioavailability and so is sufficient.

Since I'm not an expert, it's not something I would repeat today with the same enthusiasm I did in 2009.

You feel you are protecting humanity and this board by railing on this. I believe your motivation for cross-examining me is to show people that you are better trusted than me. I'm basically open to this.

Apparently you had a debate with my words 3 years ago. What kind of statement would I need to make now for you to conclusively win the debate?