Ditto that. It was one of the big "aha!" moments in my life when I realized that a person could just *test* some of these things, rather than trying to argue about them. There is a famous story about Aristotle:
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Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.
Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.
Bertrand Russell, Impact of Science on Society (1952) ch. 1
British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)
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British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)
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These days when people start ranking on me for something I'm doing, I don't argue. I just say "It's an experiment". Unless they can convincingly argue that my experiment is illegal, immoral, likely to kill me, or exceedingly bothersome to their workspace, it's not really their call to make. Offering to make a bet as to whether the experiment will work or not though is a fun way to handle it.
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 3:06 PM, afastinglifestyle <thefastinglife@gmail.com> wrote:
"doesn't it make you wonder how much else we accept - on no real evidence"...Wow, that's profound...I never thought of it that way.
--- In fast5@yahoogroups.com, David Nyman <david@...> wrote:
>
> When something so basic, which so many people - even so-called experts -
> "know" to be true, turns out to be completely false when put to the test,
> doesn't it make you wonder how much else we accept - on no real evidence -
> as "true" might be wrong? Living the "experiment of one" is a powerful
> route to knowledge, though we may not always want to find out what it tells
> us.
>
> David
>> > http://www.thefastinglife.com/2010/05/never-skip-breakfast.html
> On 4 May 2010 03:43, afastinglifestyle <thefastinglife@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I joined a gym this past weekend and met with a personal trainer today. We
> > had an interesting discussion about fasting and energy. In case you're
> > wondering how fasting might make you feel when you exercise, check out my
> > personal experience in this post:
> >
> >
> > Happy Fasting!!
> >
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