tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798204394183282951.post8891482237227811172..comments2023-09-29T07:27:24.426-07:00Comments on SkepticRD: Fork over that KnifeSkepticRDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01092612953833296570noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798204394183282951.post-10131513599773679472013-04-24T14:20:20.353-07:002013-04-24T14:20:20.353-07:00Shane,
You are not off topic at all, and I apologi...Shane,<br />You are not off topic at all, and I apologize for not seeing your comment sooner, I need to have my notifications changed!<br />You are right, I think at the time I wrote this I was caught up in a fallacy that equated evolutionary fitness (can I have babies?) vs. cardio-vascular risk/fitness (can I prevent myself from dying of a cardio-vascular event?). I appreciate the correction very much.<br />I think I was trying to get at how the false claim that animal protein by itself is repsonsible for all the ills of mankind, when the ills are multifactoral. I'm still practicing my wording.<br />Cheers back, thank you for reading!<br />MelanieSkepticRDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01092612953833296570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798204394183282951.post-52332613567657874212013-04-01T13:41:45.451-07:002013-04-01T13:41:45.451-07:00Hi skeptic RD.
I'm skeptical myself about som...Hi skeptic RD.<br /><br />I'm skeptical myself about some of the points you make on evolution. The way you talk about it, it seems like you think that our evolutionary history equates to some sort of obligation to eat animal products. Isn't this getting an "ought" from an "is"?<br /><br />You say,<br /><br />"So, given that our bodies evolved with a heavy influence on animal protein, how could the consumption of animal protein by itself lead to heart disease and diabetes?"<br /><br />I don't see the logic here. From what i understand, evolution favours 'good enough'. All it cares about is you being healthy enough to get to childbearing age (plus a little). Just because we evolved eating something doesn't mean that it couldn't lead to sickness, especially since these sicknesses often affect people in their 40s, 50s and 60s (which is well upon above childbearing age).<br /><br />Theoretically, evolution would favour doughnuts if they helped propagate our genes (If they were available enough, and didn't kill us before childbearing age). <br /><br />Sorry to be a bit off topic. I'm not really that interested in Forks over Knives, but evolution is fascinating. <br /><br />Cheers, ShaneAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03953644169462228977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4798204394183282951.post-88269262778793899092012-08-12T16:06:22.289-07:002012-08-12T16:06:22.289-07:00Did we watch the same film?Did we watch the same film?Andy Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11694716822775806138noreply@blogger.com