I think it's pretty clear from your rant that you did not watch the presentation. The submitter did a great disservice to the speaker by framing this presenta

I think it's pretty clear from your rant that you did not watch the presentation. The submitter did a great disservice to the speaker by framing this presentation as a debunking of the calories in/out model, because that is not, at all, the central point of this lecture. (I have watched it through twice now, and it is a phenomenal presentation; I recommend it highly.) In no way does the speaker attempt to turn thermodynamics on its head. Rather, he suggests that the storage of fat be perceived as the primary driver, and caloric intake & expenditure taking a back seat. He re-frames it this way because the real central thesis is about how fructose is a driver of obesity, which in turn leads to increased consumption. The caloric in/out slide only serves as motivation for why we should be wary of the fact that fructose is a chronic toxin (in particular, the effects thereof), and how HFCS is an economic evil as much as a metabolic one. It's ok to rail against the headline, though. The submitter took too much out of one slide, in my opinion.