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Safe liposuction. (Going to be a few self-righteous "just eat less and exercise" replies to this one by metabolically advantaged folks who haven't got the slig

by Eliezer 17y ago

Safe liposuction. (Going to be a few self-righteous "just eat less and exercise" replies to this one by metabolically advantaged folks who haven't got the slightest clue how difficult it can be to lose weight when your body doesn't want to cooperate.) Alternatively, put some rats on Seth Roberts's set-point diet (aka Shangri-La diet) and figure out the path of action, then develop it in pill form for those of us where Seth Roberts's diet didn't work / didn't work well enough. To make a lot of money, ask yourself where people aren't looking. Often the place they're not looking is a place of moral blindness. Plenty of us would pay just about anything to look normal. The moral blindness part is the people being sanctimonious about fat being a sign of weak willpower and having no concept of the actual science involved. Another place to look would be fast, accurate molecule recognition array tests for venereal diseases. Get it down to something the size of a vending machine, $20, and thirty minutes (results sent via text message) and you'll get people paying you every night. Again, moral blindness may be a reason why people aren't looking as hard in this direction as they should to create lots of hedons - sex is sinful. Speaking of not looking where everyone else is looking, would it be too crazy to ask people to do something that actually creates large amounts of value instead of throwing sheep? Even if it involves doing something other than computer programming?

khafra 17y ago
If you're going to be putting a lot of R&D into changing people's bodies, why not do it in something cool like regulating myostatin production? Get that one done safely, and we can all be Mr. Olympia.
- rms 17y ago
  I've followed this pretty closely and the last serious attempt I am aware of failed in FDA trials.
yummyfajitas 17y ago
Safe liposuction. (Going to be a few self-righteous "just eat less and exercise" replies to this one by metabolically advantaged folks who haven't got the slightest clue how difficult it can be to lose weight when your body doesn't want to cooperate.) Metacognition can help with this (at least until safe weight-loss pills are invented). The following worked for me: I taught myself to enjoy the suffering associated with weight loss/fitness. Basically, I made feeling hunger/muscle soreness my short term goal. When I didn't feel feel hungry/tired, I actively tried to feel it. Using that strategy, I went from about 300lb to 210lb. (Switching that strategy off once I reached 210lb was also a bit tough. ) In the past year, I've used the same strategy (making muscle soreness my goal) to gain about 15 lb of muscle. To learn Eskrima (fighting with a short club), I also make bruises a short term goal. This encourages me to fight people far above my level, which teaches you far more than fighting people at your level.
- gilesbowkett235 17y ago
  Forget about exercise, just eat broccoli. Your body will co-operate with you the moment you start co-operating with it, by giving it food which is actually nutritious. I lost 75 pounds in 6 months without eating less or exercising. I mean I exercised a little, but not enough to have any contribution to my weight loss at all. Google "dr joel fuhrman". I also saw my cholesterol go down 100 points in three months, along with similar huge improvements in blood pressure and triglycerides.
HeyLaughingBoy 17y ago
moral blindness may be a reason why people aren't looking as hard in this direction Working for a medical instrument manufacturer, I think a more likely reason is that a stand-alone machine that processes large volumes of human body fluids with no/little daily maintenance while maintaining precision is either going to be so difficult or expensive that the profitability disappears. It's a great idea, but would probably have to cost more than about $20/test to be viable largely due to its having to be maintenance free. But if it could be made cheap enough I think you're right. It would be like what the VCR did to the pr0n industry. If you're in the Twin Cities area and ever decide to do a startup in this area get back to me :-)

by Eliezer 17y ago

khafra 17y ago

If you're going to be putting a lot of R&D into changing people's bodies, why not do it in something cool like regulating myostatin production? Get that one done safely, and we can all be Mr. Olympia.

rms 17y ago
I've followed this pretty closely and the last serious attempt I am aware of failed in FDA trials.

yummyfajitas 17y ago

Safe liposuction. (Going to be a few self-righteous "just eat less and exercise" replies to this one by metabolically advantaged folks who haven't got the slightest clue how difficult it can be to lose weight when your body doesn't want to cooperate.) Metacognition can help with this (at least until safe weight-loss pills are invented). The following worked for me: I taught myself to enjoy the suffering associated with weight loss/fitness. Basically, I made feeling hunger/muscle soreness my short term goal. When I didn't feel feel hungry/tired, I actively tried to feel it. Using that strategy, I went from about 300lb to 210lb. (Switching that strategy off once I reached 210lb was also a bit tough. ) In the past year, I've used the same strategy (making muscle soreness my goal) to gain about 15 lb of muscle. To learn Eskrima (fighting with a short club), I also make bruises a short term goal. This encourages me to fight people far above my level, which teaches you far more than fighting people at your level.

gilesbowkett235 17y ago
Forget about exercise, just eat broccoli. Your body will co-operate with you the moment you start co-operating with it, by giving it food which is actually nutritious. I lost 75 pounds in 6 months without eating less or exercising. I mean I exercised a little, but not enough to have any contribution to my weight loss at all. Google "dr joel fuhrman". I also saw my cholesterol go down 100 points in three months, along with similar huge improvements in blood pressure and triglycerides.

HeyLaughingBoy 17y ago

moral blindness may be a reason why people aren't looking as hard in this direction Working for a medical instrument manufacturer, I think a more likely reason is that a stand-alone machine that processes large volumes of human body fluids with no/little daily maintenance while maintaining precision is either going to be so difficult or expensive that the profitability disappears. It's a great idea, but would probably have to cost more than about $20/test to be viable largely due to its having to be maintenance free. But if it could be made cheap enough I think you're right. It would be like what the VCR did to the pr0n industry. If you're in the Twin Cities area and ever decide to do a startup in this area get back to me :-)