VegesaurusRex

Double answer. Sorry.

Problem is there may not be much to refrigerate. There are far more people than there ever have been on this planet, and the space for growing food will be seriously decreased. Meat will likely disappear as an option. Places like Iowa, which exist to grow feedlot corn will instead grow plant food for humans. Things will be…

I don't know that it is more accurate. However, it takes something different into consideration. It takes sun activity into consideration whereas my normal weather forecast does not worry about activity on the surface of the sun. I think this has the potential for being accurate since: - Unexplained Ice Ages have occurred…

Considering that most weather forecasts can't even tell me what is going to happen tomorrow, I think 20% is a reasonable way to expess it. Also, in Connecticut, it does seem that the Mini Ice Age has already started.

How about the BBC? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-25743806

God, I love the English Language!

If God is omniscient, why didn't he know enough to give the right advice in the first place? God does not change his mind.

God is God, and Science is Science. People who say the Bible says I can eat meat are the same people who think the Earth is 6000 years old, and dinosaurs lived at the same time as man.

When you have no intellect, argue fairy tales.

Bytheway, before you answer this, you might want to read about Koko. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koko_(gorilla)

Thank you but first of all, it is not my theory, but Kant's Actually you could probably find this back in Biblical times and before. I am extremely comfortable telling people that moral relativism is simply and purely WRONG. As rational beings we should all know that, but unfortunately, we are in an era when moral…

The 15 dead gopher argument is a red herring. All human activity comes with adverse consequences to some living organism. If you take a bath or a shower you kill billions of bacteria living on your body. Bacteria, however are not sentient. What on earth makes you thinl that a cow, pig, chicken, or a fish is "unthinking?"…

Good answer. To continue the debate... You say that moral issues are not relative but absolute, but you also say that they are context-specific (for instance, premarital sex may or may not be a moral issue depending on the perception of the people involved). Does that not make morality relative? Not at all, any more than…

Morality and moral issues are not relative, but absolute. And no, I am not religious. I believe that morality can be determined by reason. I use Kant's Categorical Imperative. "Universalize the action, and see if everyone affected by the action agrees the action is necessary." (My formulation of the CI.) So as to pre…

Sorry, but this is a free country and some of us do not subscribe to political correctness. Your comment about the number of cites I gave was totally off-base. First they were requested. Second, your unwillingness to read them is one of the problems with debate on this board. People, like you I assume, believe that…

I agree that it deserves a complete thread in itself. And I wholeheartedly disagree with the statement you quoted as well.

I truly am sorry you invoke the "correlation vs Causation" rebuttal. I am not trying to be offensive, but that is a very weak rebuttal to any longitudinal or epidemiological study. If you are statistically sophisticated, then you already know the answer to your question: longitudinal studies have value, and the more…

Bytheway, please never apologize for debating a point or disagreeing. As you said this is a debating board, and I did come here to debate, not to pontificate. My experience is that this board is vastly superior to the other boards on this site, in terms of the quality and intelligence of the debaters, and the tone of the…

I did list one article referring to a study, but since you wish: http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1134845 Pan A, Sun Q, Bernstein AM, et al. Red meat consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: 3 cohorts of US adults and an updated meta-analysis. Am J Clin Nutr. 2011;94(4):1088-1096 PubMed Micha R,…

I don't know who Dr Mercola is, but he is very sparse on citations. He did cite a Cancer Research study that stated that reduction of fructose for cancer patients may interrupt cancer growth. Cancer Research is a good journal and although I haven't read the article I did read the abstract, and if the article is up to their…

Morality is never solely someone's opinion. Are you saying that if I believe it's okay to rape and kill, then that is my opinion, and it is as good as anyone else's? This is the moral relativism that has totally screwed up this world. Right or wrong exists independently of what you believe to be right or wrong. Right is…

The truth often angers people, especially the truth about diets on this board. I can't help that, nor do I particularly want to avoid it. I am not a relativist. I don't believe that truth or falsity is relative to your culture or point of view. Truth is absolute. Digestive processes are absolute. They don't give a hoot for…

I actually agree with everything you said, including that more studies need to be done. But you seem to be implying that L-Carnatine can come from non-animal sources. I do not believe that is true. And for what it is worth, even Dr Oz seems to agree with me. http://blog.doctoroz.com/dr-oz-blog/why-we-were-wrong-l-carnitine…

Yes, the philosophy of Paleo has absolutely nothing to do with reality. And certainly from an ethical point of view, Paleo is about the worst possible diet. My objection to it, besides the ethics, is that it hasn't really been around long enough for people to see the long term effects, which I think are indisputably going…

Correct. And even if we did, gubs, insects and worms constituted a big part of most paleolithic diets.

The point I am trying to make here is not that the Paleo diet makes you feel bad (although it is ranked number 31 in popularity out of 31 diets - http://health.usnews.com/best-diet/best-overall-diets?page=4) but rather that it is bad for you in the long term. I referred to a novel study on L-carnatine above which is the…

When I said those who follow Atkins or Paleo aren't too bright, it is because they ignore literally thousands of studies in favor of a fad diet discovered by some guru or other who generally has little or no science to support his bizarre theories. For example, the Paleo diet. This is supposed to mimic the diet of…

I believe the statement I made, was true and correct as I made it. (Of course, it assumes the diet does not consist of Hemlock or other poisonous plants.) Your statement is too broad. For example it could be interpreted as meaning that if you eat only grains and nothing else, for example, you won't have any health…

Yes, L-Carnitine is used as a medicine, and that doesn't bother me at all.Long term intense use and short term gradual use, I would guess, have two different results. For example, arsenic can be taken in small doses to kill internal parasites, but in large doses, it can be fatal.pr And as for the definition of herbivore, I…