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> but he is not a reliable intellectual authority. I don't believe he ever claims the opposite. In fact he urges the reader to check his sources. All 220 paper
by p2detar 8y ago
> but he is not a reliable intellectual authority.
I don't believe he ever claims the opposite. In fact he urges the reader to check his sources. All 220 papers and books he read before producing his work are listed in the endnotes.
> He's also just a bit of an oddball.
The problem with this type of statements are that now I'll say "No, he isn't an oddball" and this will get us nowhere. Can you understand that?
- zimpenfish 8y ago> "No, he isn't an oddball" His (alleged[1]) diet alone would paint him thoroughly as "oddball", surely. [1] I don't for one second believe he eats only beef, salt, and water.
- randomacct3847 8y agoIt isn’t that strange. It’s basically keto, which has become almost mainstream. For the record, I’ve tried the “zero carb” diet (basically meat) and it’s not that hard once you treat food as purely as something functional like a vitamin rather than a source of pleasure.
- Matticus_Rex 8y agoWhile he's likely in ketosis, pretty much any keto advocate would be shocked at his (again, alleged) diet.
- p2detar 8y agoAs far as I know, Peterson's diet is actually his daughter's diet [1]. She claims it cured her from numerous diseases including rheumatoid arthritis and depression [2]. I have no idea how credible that is, but I'm just saying it isn't something he decided on a random basis just to look cool. 1 - http://mikhailapeterson.com http://mikhailapeterson.com 2 - http://mikhailapeterson.com/about-me http://mikhailapeterson.com/about-me
- dantheman 8y agoketo is about high fat and entering ketosis; if you eat just meat you'll have enough protien that through gluconeogenesis it will be converted into glucose and it will knock you out of ketosis.