In case you missed it — we were on the Clearer Thinking podcast with Spencer Greenberg, talking about cybernetics, psychology, and philosophy of science. Check it out: Episode 281: A new paradigm for psychology research (with Slime Mold Time Mold)

The Syndrome of the Ultra-fit:

…it should be evident that there is a whole army of regulatory systems in place that detect caloric flux. It is incredibly difficult if not impossible to outsmart these systems over long periods of time

Also:

The best strategy I have found is reverse-dieting. Increasing caloric intake by 100kcal per week. In my early twenties, I reverse-dieted my way from 2000kcal to 2500kcal over the course of 5 weeks. Interestingly, I have gained no to minimal amounts of fat but started to feel more vital.

I have seen something similar a number of times – individuals who had been undereating for a long time gradually increase their caloric intake over the span of a couple of weeks. And despite eating e.g., 25% more than before, they gain no to minimal amounts of fat.

Preparation Charter Houses

So You Want to Abolish Property Taxes

Why do we collect things?

It USED to be that when a scientist discovered something important, like finding the malarial parasite in the gastrointestinal tract of a mosquito, thereby demonstrating that mosquitos transmit the disease, you would write a poem about it and send it to your wife: 

Independent Science

Neurons Gone Wild via The Seeds of Science

A Naturalistic Court Discussion from 1685

Butlerian-Jihad-coded: (though of course we disagree with the obesity metaphor) Are we living in a stupidogenic society?

Aella doing the kind of basic due diligence we need more of: Birth Control Myths Vs Data

People often ask us how to get started in science. Here’s a great example: My first palaeo paper is 20 years old today!

Rusting metal consumes oxygen and can lead to death especially in confined spaces like holds of ships. In 2007, three people suffocated one after the other in the anchor locker of a vessel because rust had consume all the oxygen.

Absence of evidence is evidence of absence; it just isn’t proof