Actually parasitic worms help cure autoimmune diseases. That is well established now. Our immune systems were attuned to them, without them we get out of calibration and start attacking the self.

But your point is in general correct. Look carefully at my prior argument, esp the sentence starting with "It might be".

Well, regarding parasites, there is a strong argument that the emergence of allergic reactions has something to do with the symbiotic relationships we have historically fostered with parasites. Evolution is defined by the spaces of unrealized resources between and among toxic monoliths.

I agree with you, but I struggle with my weight myself. I don't think "personal results" should be used to adjudicate an argument.

A really good heuristic to determine what is and is not true about health is to ask: "What were the conditions during which our finely tuned biological mechanisms adapted? Whatever those conditions were, our bodies attuned themselves to those conditions, so reproducing those conditions maximizes the match with how our bodies are tuned." It might be that there is a magic new thing better for us in some way than our historic environment, but if you don't know what to believe, bet against such ideas.

Based on that, fasting cant be bad.

Based on the fact that surviving relgions all have fasting as part of them, again, probably the non-fasters died off.

Do you mind disclosing your approximate age?

So let’s test the extent of your understanding. How exactly DOES a healthy body regulate blood sugar?

It wasn’t an accusation as much as a warning. Every human who doesn’t moderate blood sugar will eventually suffer metabolic syndrome, obesity and insulin resistance is the unavoidable result. To say cortisol is destructive is to say hormones of any kind are destructive. I’m not advocating constant fasting, this plays into the same stance you have taken in the background radiation conversation, perceiving the environment as extreme dichotomies. Moderation is the key. Too much of anything will likely cause damage, easily as much as a deficiency. You didn’t answer the question though. Do you struggle with your weight?

It wasn’t an accusation as much as a warning. Every human who doesn’t moderate blood sugar will eventually suffer metabolic syndrome, obesity and insulin resistance is the unavoidable result. To say cortisol is destructive is to say hormones of any kind are destructive. I’m not advocating constant fasting, this plays into the same stance you have taken in the background radiation conversation, perceiving the environment as extreme dichotomies. Moderation is the key. Too much of anything will likely cause damage, easily as much as a deficiency. You didn’t answer the question though. Do you struggle with your weight?

Sorry, but that is patently incorrect. You have a spike in cortisol literally every morning to wake up! Just how obese are you? 😏

This is spot on. 💯. Regarding cancer and modern times prevalence consider blood sugar and autophagy. Fasting for 48-72 hours once a month will make it more likely your body seeks out damaged cells and consumes them as well as make it more difficult for cancer to grow for lack of available blood borne fuel.

Uranium exists naturally in dirt and is a weak alpha emitter. Radon exists as a gas in small quantities, can come up through your floor and trap in your house, and is a much stronger alpha emitter. This has been happening since life began. If it is not about the concentration, then why aren't we all dead?

Damage to your DNA is almost always repaired, and when that doesn't happen the cell almost always commits apoptosis (suicide). And when that doesn't happen the immune system almost always kills the abberant cell. And when that doesn't happen you get cancer. There has to be a lot of alpha particles before there is any appreciable chance that you will be harmed. If you dilute radioisotopes well enough, there just won't be enough alpha particles. Sure, every one is a lottery ticket, but everything in life is like that. Every second you get sunshine on your skin you draw a lottery ticket for skin cancer... but I wouldn't dream of NOT getting sunshine on my skin.

Uranium exists naturally in dirt and is a weak alpha emitter. Radon exists as a gas in small quantities, can come up through your floor and trap in your house, and is a much stronger alpha emitter. This has been happening since life began. If it is not about the concentration, then why aren't we all dead?

Damage to your DNA is almost always repaired, and when that doesn't happen the cell almost always commits apoptosis (suicide). And when that doesn't happen the immune system almost always kills the abberant cell. And when that doesn't happen you get cancer. There has to be a lot of alpha particles before there is any appreciable chance that you will be harmed. If you dilute radioisotopes well enough, there just won't be enough alpha particles. Sure, every one is a lottery ticket, but everything in life is like that. Every second you get sunshine on your skin you draw a lottery ticket for skin cancer... but I wouldn't dream of NOT getting sunshine on my skin.

LND logs: `UTXN: Attempting to graduate height=201: num_kids=0, num_babies=0`

No, because WoS has records of everything, and receiving nodes have no privacy. Govt can ask WoS which node you sent all funds to (ie your Phoenix node)

Sometime greenies mourn the fact that we have polluted the earth with radioactive particles that can't be all collected and cleaned up. And they think about how toxic some of them are, and how long some of them will last.

Here is my thinking on the subject.

All radioactive material is made up of atoms. Each atom has a half-life. Either it decays quickly, or it decays slowly. If it decays quickly it turns into something else which might also be radioactive in which case you just consider that atom instead. If not, well, you are done, the radioactive-ness has decayed away. So just wait a while and all the radiation problems will go away on their own.

Greenie: "But what about the atoms that don't decay quickly?" Well, you don't have to worry about them because they are barely radioactive, they decay so slowly that they present very little threat.

This logic isn't flawed, but it does skirt around some things.

If you have a large amount of long-half-life material, it can be dangerous for a long time. And if you have a large amount of medium-half-life material, it can be really dangerous for a medium time.

In those cases, the answer might be to dilute the material. Because it is the concentration that causes the radiation risk. Mix it in with dirt, mix that dirt in with more dirt, then bury the dirt. That seems to some like you are poisoning the Earth, but the Earth gave us this radiation in the first place, usually as Uranium. It already has dilute radiation. If you dilute well enough, it should be fine in terms of the radioactive issue.

The final thing I'm skirting around are the chemical properties of medium to medium-long half-life materials. Some of these things have weird toxic chemical properties independent of their radiation. So... um... don't eat them.

And have a nice day!

Didn’t he literally bought X?

The problem is they've got all kinds of resources. We have tools to fight them with at least. But one slipup and they gotcha.

But yeah ideally, we should all be anon with bulletproof opsec and build/live without fear. Unfortunately we're human and bound to fuck it up.

And as a side note, you're not wrong - they'll change the rules and rug ya as they like and expect you to say thank you. It'll undoubtedly get worse as they become more desperate and fight us harder.

Tell that to the feds when they come knocking. 😉

That said... I'm with you, I'm on the mission, and i dont necessarily disagree with your sentiment. But these devs are putting themselves in very real danger when they build freedom tech. It is noble to strive for self sovereignty and disconnect from the fucked up fiat world but like it or not we live in a transition period where the powers that be are still very real and hostile.

Tell that to the feds when they come knocking. 😉

That said... I'm with you, I'm on the mission, and i dont necessarily disagree with your sentiment. But these devs are putting themselves in very real danger when they build freedom tech. It is noble to strive for self sovereignty and disconnect from the fucked up fiat world but like it or not we live in a transition period where the powers that be are still very real and hostile.