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> Most of the benefits he has experienced are probably just a result of extremely well-balanced diet That's rather the point of Soylent, to deliver a well bala
by gnaritas 14y ago
> Most of the benefits he has experienced are probably just a result of extremely well-balanced diet
That's rather the point of Soylent, to deliver a well balanced diet.
> not anything specifically related to Soylent.
This statement makes little sense, he merely claimed Soylent was a way to achieve good nutrition, not that it was magic.
- gwern 14y ago> That's rather the point of Soylent, to deliver a well balanced diet. Comparing a well-balanced diet with Soylent is not a waste of time: if nothing else, it's evidence for the debate about whether all the micronutrients and random stuff in 'real' food is subjectively noticeable in the short-term or whether you really can get away with just macronutrients and a few other chemicals.
- gnaritas 14y agoI don't see how what you said related in any way to what I said. Where did I say anything was a waste of time?
- jongraehl 14y agoTo recap, m_d wishes to see a comparison at the same protein+fat+carbs (normal non-junk food) vs. soylent. gnaritas objects. gwern supports m_d. gnaritas has an opportunity to qualify his objection, but chooses not to. (fwiw, I'm also extremely interested in all manner of "are there valuable yet-to-be-identified substances in real food" experiments.)
- gnaritas 14y agoBad recap, I didn't object, try again.