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For those looking for the ultimate life & health hack, read all you can on Pranism (also known as Breatharianism), the method that lets you live healthily witho

For those looking for the ultimate life & health hack, read all you can on Pranism (also known as Breatharianism), the method that lets you live healthily without eating (although it's better to keep drinking at least water). https://raymaor.com/ https://raymaor.com/ for initiation weeks. He's proven the method under TV surveillance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVXxEaYRhrI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVXxEaYRhrI and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSlM8PYih7o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSlM8PYih7o Plus, the movie "IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS LIGHT" features other protagonists such as Yogi Prahlad Jani who have proven the method under full medical surveillance.

Retric 9y ago
Yea, that really does not work. It's a fairly easy test, and these people lose weight in controlled conditions.
- benevol 9y ago
  No, it does work. How do I know? I've been doing it for a couple of weeks now and my weight has been fully stable. I live a normal life, two gym sessions a week. All without food.
  - Retric 9y ago
    You might be delusional, but no this really has been tested and everyone failed. PS: As recently as 1996 - 2015 there was a million dollar bounty for demonstrating this could work. It was not collected.
    - benevol 9y ago
      > this really has been tested and everyone failed. Source? > As recently as 1996 - 2015 there was a million dollar bounty for demonstrating this could work. It was not collected. Source? (I am willing to take a plane tomorrow to demonstrate that right away, just tell me who to contact.)
      - Retric 9y ago
        One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge ended in 2015 when James Randi retired. But, it should not be that hard to get something similar setup if you really want. I am not going to dig that far into this but read https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/breatharians/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/breatharians/ as a starting point.
        benevol 9y ago
        As I've said before, I'm willing to take the challenge, if I'm paid enough. The mentioned metabolic chamber is doable. Try me.
      - maxxxxx 9y ago
        We should collect some money. I would be willing to chip in $1000 if someone could demonstrate that.
        Retric 9y ago
        Sure, I can toss in 1,000$. But, the prize is not as hard as simply running tests like this.
        benevol 9y ago
        Just ask an MD what test would be required. Then talk to some SV VC and/or set up a Kickstarter campaign. Then contact me.
        Retric 9y ago
        If you are willing to sit inside a metabolic chamber then feel free. https://www.pbrc.edu/news/making-an-impact/?ArticleID=344 https://www.pbrc.edu/news/making-an-impact/?ArticleID=344 The problem is not incentive, if you can demonstrate this that's not going to be a problem. People have spent 100 billion+ trying to break physics demonstrate it's wrong and money would be plentiful.
  - rspeele 9y ago
    Somebody really should've told these folks about pranic energy. Guess they didn't get enough sunlight, right? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor It's plenty sunny in South Sudan and they're starving right now. Maybe they're not doing it right.
    - benevol 9y ago
      As I have said before: I'm willing to take the challenge to prove it (people here say that money is not the problem). So just start collecting funds and make a suggestion for a protocol/contract. Let's put our actions where our mouths are. Let's do this. My email is in this thread and should be in my profile as well. I'm waiting...
      - rspeele 9y ago
        Well, I don't know about others, but personally I wouldn't get much out of spending my effort disproving obvious quackery. It certainly wouldn't be effective at stopping future claims of the same nature, since the practitioners could always claim their method wasn't tested. It probably wouldn't even be effective at stopping you from thinking it works, because you gotta have a screw loose to believe this stuff in the first place. It's enough evidence for me that billions of people have died from starvation, including people from all nations, religions, and races. Pretty much all of them were strongly opposed to dying and would've loved to learn one weird trick to remain living. Thankfully, there's no money in peddling such garbage to people who actually struggle to obtain enough food. That would be truly evil. Selling $2000+ "Pranic Living Workshops" to new-agey first worlders is mostly harmless old-fashioned scamming, though the occasional mark does starve themselves to death now and then.
        benevol 9y ago
        As I've said before, I'm willing to take the challenge, if I'm paid enough. 8 weeks in the mentioned metabolic chamber is doable. Try me.
- maxxxxx 9y ago
  That's what I appreciate about Wim Hof. He makes himself available for investigation whereas a lot of Yogis don't.
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pertymcpert 9y ago
Are you serious?
- benevol 9y ago
  Absolutely. Although current science can not cover it yet, enough empirical proof exists now.
  - cliffy 9y ago
    Science covers it if and only if enough empirical proof exists.
Tomminn 9y ago
I've seen this account (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX1729Nv6pc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX1729Nv6pc) of someone after a 40 day fast that I think is 100% legitimate, judging by the amount of fat it looks like he's lost since posting this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX75osEh6MI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX75osEh6MI) forty days prior. At 9000kcal/kg, each kg of fat will feed you for 3-5 days, depending on your metabolism. This means you only need 8-13kg of fat and an admirable dose of willpower to last this long. A minimal test of pranism as described would need to be of similar length so weight loss is visible, without showing weight loss. A true test would need to be 2-3 times as long. The fact that you've done it a week or so proves nothing. You'd hardly notice the weight loss.

Retric 9y ago

Yea, that really does not work. It's a fairly easy test, and these people lose weight in controlled conditions.

benevol 9y ago
No, it does work. How do I know? I've been doing it for a couple of weeks now and my weight has been fully stable. I live a normal life, two gym sessions a week. All without food.
- Retric 9y ago
  You might be delusional, but no this really has been tested and everyone failed. PS: As recently as 1996 - 2015 there was a million dollar bounty for demonstrating this could work. It was not collected.
  - benevol 9y ago
    > this really has been tested and everyone failed. Source? > As recently as 1996 - 2015 there was a million dollar bounty for demonstrating this could work. It was not collected. Source? (I am willing to take a plane tomorrow to demonstrate that right away, just tell me who to contact.)
    - Retric 9y ago
      One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge ended in 2015 when James Randi retired. But, it should not be that hard to get something similar setup if you really want. I am not going to dig that far into this but read https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/breatharians/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/breatharians/ as a starting point.
      - benevol 9y ago
        As I've said before, I'm willing to take the challenge, if I'm paid enough. The mentioned metabolic chamber is doable. Try me.
    - maxxxxx 9y ago
      We should collect some money. I would be willing to chip in $1000 if someone could demonstrate that.
      - Retric 9y ago
        Sure, I can toss in 1,000$. But, the prize is not as hard as simply running tests like this.
        benevol 9y ago
        Just ask an MD what test would be required. Then talk to some SV VC and/or set up a Kickstarter campaign. Then contact me.
        Retric 9y ago
        If you are willing to sit inside a metabolic chamber then feel free. https://www.pbrc.edu/news/making-an-impact/?ArticleID=344 https://www.pbrc.edu/news/making-an-impact/?ArticleID=344 The problem is not incentive, if you can demonstrate this that's not going to be a problem. People have spent 100 billion+ trying to break physics demonstrate it's wrong and money would be plentiful.
- rspeele 9y ago
  Somebody really should've told these folks about pranic energy. Guess they didn't get enough sunlight, right? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor It's plenty sunny in South Sudan and they're starving right now. Maybe they're not doing it right.
  - benevol 9y ago
    As I have said before: I'm willing to take the challenge to prove it (people here say that money is not the problem). So just start collecting funds and make a suggestion for a protocol/contract. Let's put our actions where our mouths are. Let's do this. My email is in this thread and should be in my profile as well. I'm waiting...
    - rspeele 9y ago
      Well, I don't know about others, but personally I wouldn't get much out of spending my effort disproving obvious quackery. It certainly wouldn't be effective at stopping future claims of the same nature, since the practitioners could always claim their method wasn't tested. It probably wouldn't even be effective at stopping you from thinking it works, because you gotta have a screw loose to believe this stuff in the first place. It's enough evidence for me that billions of people have died from starvation, including people from all nations, religions, and races. Pretty much all of them were strongly opposed to dying and would've loved to learn one weird trick to remain living. Thankfully, there's no money in peddling such garbage to people who actually struggle to obtain enough food. That would be truly evil. Selling $2000+ "Pranic Living Workshops" to new-agey first worlders is mostly harmless old-fashioned scamming, though the occasional mark does starve themselves to death now and then.
      - benevol 9y ago
        As I've said before, I'm willing to take the challenge, if I'm paid enough. 8 weeks in the mentioned metabolic chamber is doable. Try me.
maxxxxx 9y ago
That's what I appreciate about Wim Hof. He makes himself available for investigation whereas a lot of Yogis don't.
- deleted 9y ago
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pertymcpert 9y ago

Are you serious?

benevol 9y ago
Absolutely. Although current science can not cover it yet, enough empirical proof exists now.
- cliffy 9y ago
  Science covers it if and only if enough empirical proof exists.

Tomminn 9y ago

I've seen this account (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX1729Nv6pc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tX1729Nv6pc) of someone after a 40 day fast that I think is 100% legitimate, judging by the amount of fat it looks like he's lost since posting this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX75osEh6MI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dX75osEh6MI) forty days prior. At 9000kcal/kg, each kg of fat will feed you for 3-5 days, depending on your metabolism. This means you only need 8-13kg of fat and an admirable dose of willpower to last this long. A minimal test of pranism as described would need to be of similar length so weight loss is visible, without showing weight loss. A true test would need to be 2-3 times as long. The fact that you've done it a week or so proves nothing. You'd hardly notice the weight loss.