Well, they are pretty clear that they are looking at "ideas that get you banned": > heretical thinkers have been met with hostility, even death, and vindicated

Well, they are pretty clear that they are looking at "ideas that get you banned": > heretical thinkers have been met with hostility, even death, and vindicated by posterity. > Imagine a conference for people banned from other conferences. .. which actually brings the good question: why is "benefits of starvation" listed in the topics list? Pubmed lists over 120K articles for "fasting", and some of them seem to be pretty positive: [0] (disclaimer: I have not read the paper, only glanced at abstract) Why would someone recommending starvation may be banned from the conferences, if there are many people who are doing research in this area? I have a couple of ideas, and they are pretty grim. [0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29086496 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29086496