Greetings. This week we take a look at how I published my first book and the Medifast fiasco that put it in danger. We'll also dig a little more into AI, along with berberine, the so-called poor man's Wegovy, the Lake Wobegone fallacy, Rochelle Walinksky serial lies, a preview on taurine, the latest supplement du jour, and the video of the week.
As soon as you mentioned Dr. Vitale, I knew you had stepped in it. If he was rational, he would have studied this first as a business model before trying to kneecap you. Had he done this, he would have discovered that his client base was different than yours. You were offering knowledge to self starters, he was providing guidance to people who need the support. Totally different trade channels. He also would have been way better off after the analysis to strengthen his business model with AA style groups, etc because he was good at this already. Had I been your atty at the time...I would have told you to steer clear of this guy and to market your book a certain way. Anyway, it made for a hilarious life story. I can still faintly smell the scorch marks on you.
Engineers need to wise up and not be so collaborative. It's war out there and we are in a death battle of truth vs establishment bs.
Everyone is flipping out about how AI will take over everything but my robotics and comp sci clients characterize this as the new calculator or some other tool. Useful, but won't replace humans.
The third dose increases immunity, so after the fourth dose, you are protected. Once 90% of the population has received the fifth dose, the restrictions can be relaxed as the sixth dose stops the virus from spreading. I am calm and believe that the seventh dose will solve our problems and we have no reason to fear the eighth dose. The clinical phase of the ninth dose confirms that the antibodies remain stable after the tenth dose. The eleventh dose guarantees that no new mutations will develop, so there is no longer any reason to criticize the idea of the twelfth dose.
Funny. And sadly all too true. Just read that the advisers to the FDA voted 21-0 to approve the coming fall Covid vaccine sequence. It will be like all the rest. Pretty much worthless, but I'm sure Hotez and others like him will be promoting it.
When I searched for the Vitale quote I got this link which did display the whole article. It has the typical array of pop-ups, slide-in videos and other trash so your browser might block all that and not show the article. There was also a "Read more" button that I had to click before the entire article would display.
Thanks for trying. It doesn't work for me. I get the current paper with about eight thousand ads. The article with the Vitale quote doesn't appear anywhere. If I try to click on any article, it wants me to subscribe. Can you get a pdf and email it to me at mreades@proteinpower.com If so, I'll be in your debt.
I tried berberine years ago as a sort of Metformin substitute when I was pre diabetic (or more accurately, before I went to a doctor for a proper diabetes diagnosis). It seemed to have a small effect on blood sugar but pretty bad GI side effects. Nearly as bad as Metformin but didn't work as well. I definitely wouldn't take them together!
I have to wonder if the biochemicals that determine our setpoints are so elusive that they have yet to be identified and their receptors discovered so that a blocking agent can't adjust people's weights effortlessly (within a range, of course). BMR can be increased with stimulants, so why not adjust the setpoints?
Another gem - seems that the shredding operation is offering much in the way of exciting things to write about. I just loved your attempted conversation with ChatGPT4.
I tried searching for Vitale and for some reason, putting his name in the search bar and hitting return, made his name disappear at first, then when I tried again after refreshing the page, nothing happened. His name stayed but nothing came up at all. Vaguely interesting, I suppose.
As for the git with the smarmy smile from the CDC (she's been stoking my anger for three years now or however long she was "in charge") - if you want to get really into the weeds of upset, try watching a long conversation between Pierre Kory and Bret Weinstein about big Pharma, Kory's new book, The War on Ivermectin, and the whole alphabet soup of agencies in DC dealing with the nation's health (not really) and "the science". It's on the Dark Horse podcast on Rumble.
A few things to - maybe - fix:
all the boxes in another stack--the ones we need to go through these before shredding stack
I think you need to drop the word 'these' and put quotation marks around "we need to go through before shedding" stack. . . .
I told her I didn’t she said Warner was interested in my book, but would much prefer to negotiate with an agent.
Perhaps - "When I told her I didn't, she said Warner . . . ."
that have to be worked out.
. . . that had to be worked out.
which made me wonder is maybe no one teaches what a tadpole is in school these days
. . . wonder if maybe no one teaches
(I think Heather Heying would love to play with this problem - and call out AI for not knowing what a tadpole looks like. Isn't this - both yours and MD's issues with this version of AI - the problem of garbage in-garbage out?)
with the main on being constipation.
. . . the main one being
Usually when these studies hit the medical press, they also it the lay press.
As soon as you mentioned Dr. Vitale, I knew you had stepped in it. If he was rational, he would have studied this first as a business model before trying to kneecap you. Had he done this, he would have discovered that his client base was different than yours. You were offering knowledge to self starters, he was providing guidance to people who need the support. Totally different trade channels. He also would have been way better off after the analysis to strengthen his business model with AA style groups, etc because he was good at this already. Had I been your atty at the time...I would have told you to steer clear of this guy and to market your book a certain way. Anyway, it made for a hilarious life story. I can still faintly smell the scorch marks on you.
Engineers need to wise up and not be so collaborative. It's war out there and we are in a death battle of truth vs establishment bs.
Everyone is flipping out about how AI will take over everything but my robotics and comp sci clients characterize this as the new calculator or some other tool. Useful, but won't replace humans.
Loved the Hotez video:
from the Jimmy Dore show:
December 20, 2021 Jimmy Dore show
The third dose increases immunity, so after the fourth dose, you are protected. Once 90% of the population has received the fifth dose, the restrictions can be relaxed as the sixth dose stops the virus from spreading. I am calm and believe that the seventh dose will solve our problems and we have no reason to fear the eighth dose. The clinical phase of the ninth dose confirms that the antibodies remain stable after the tenth dose. The eleventh dose guarantees that no new mutations will develop, so there is no longer any reason to criticize the idea of the twelfth dose.
Funny. And sadly all too true. Just read that the advisers to the FDA voted 21-0 to approve the coming fall Covid vaccine sequence. It will be like all the rest. Pretty much worthless, but I'm sure Hotez and others like him will be promoting it.
When I searched for the Vitale quote I got this link which did display the whole article. It has the typical array of pop-ups, slide-in videos and other trash so your browser might block all that and not show the article. There was also a "Read more" button that I had to click before the entire article would display.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-03-14-1993073091-story.html
Thanks for trying. It doesn't work for me. I get the current paper with about eight thousand ads. The article with the Vitale quote doesn't appear anywhere. If I try to click on any article, it wants me to subscribe. Can you get a pdf and email it to me at mreades@proteinpower.com If so, I'll be in your debt.
Done!
Got it. Thanks.
After watching this video I am reminded of the old axiom as far as computers go... garbage in-garbage out....
Which video were you referring to?
William Briggs
Ah, yes. Models. Totally garbage in-garbage out. As Briggs always says, "models say exactly what those making them want them to say."
I tried berberine years ago as a sort of Metformin substitute when I was pre diabetic (or more accurately, before I went to a doctor for a proper diabetes diagnosis). It seemed to have a small effect on blood sugar but pretty bad GI side effects. Nearly as bad as Metformin but didn't work as well. I definitely wouldn't take them together!
I have to wonder if the biochemicals that determine our setpoints are so elusive that they have yet to be identified and their receptors discovered so that a blocking agent can't adjust people's weights effortlessly (within a range, of course). BMR can be increased with stimulants, so why not adjust the setpoints?
Another gem - seems that the shredding operation is offering much in the way of exciting things to write about. I just loved your attempted conversation with ChatGPT4.
I tried searching for Vitale and for some reason, putting his name in the search bar and hitting return, made his name disappear at first, then when I tried again after refreshing the page, nothing happened. His name stayed but nothing came up at all. Vaguely interesting, I suppose.
As for the git with the smarmy smile from the CDC (she's been stoking my anger for three years now or however long she was "in charge") - if you want to get really into the weeds of upset, try watching a long conversation between Pierre Kory and Bret Weinstein about big Pharma, Kory's new book, The War on Ivermectin, and the whole alphabet soup of agencies in DC dealing with the nation's health (not really) and "the science". It's on the Dark Horse podcast on Rumble.
A few things to - maybe - fix:
all the boxes in another stack--the ones we need to go through these before shredding stack
I think you need to drop the word 'these' and put quotation marks around "we need to go through before shedding" stack. . . .
I told her I didn’t she said Warner was interested in my book, but would much prefer to negotiate with an agent.
Perhaps - "When I told her I didn't, she said Warner . . . ."
that have to be worked out.
. . . that had to be worked out.
which made me wonder is maybe no one teaches what a tadpole is in school these days
. . . wonder if maybe no one teaches
(I think Heather Heying would love to play with this problem - and call out AI for not knowing what a tadpole looks like. Isn't this - both yours and MD's issues with this version of AI - the problem of garbage in-garbage out?)
with the main on being constipation.
. . . the main one being
Usually when these studies hit the medical press, they also it the lay press.
. . .they also hit the lay press.
Thanks for alerting me to the typos. All fixed now along with a handful of others I found while looking for the ones you found.