Writing my book taught me that there is a deep ideological/spiritual battle underlying everything that we think is political. You wouldn't think that would extend to diet, but it absolutely does. This might sound crazy, but underneath all this are two sides: a pro-human side which believes that people are worth helping, and an anti-human (or transhuman) side which believes human being is essentially evil and that people are not worth helping, that human existence itself must be transcended or escaped from. These ideas and world views can be traced back to Plato, or even further. If you boil that down, you get this foundational world view that humanity's existence is a net negative. This creates a false dialectic which pits humankind against "nature." That's where you see the Earth-worshippy stuff come in (environmentalist/vegan extremism). You can see this in the writings of most of the elites of the 20th century- Bertrand Russell, H.G. Wells, the Huxley's, Margaret Sanger, etc. The intellectual elite of today have this same world view. So sadly, I think you're right. We can find solutions for human suffering and death, but to get there we will be fighting against a worldview which says the only good people are dead ones- unless you are part of their elite circle.
Big-data will probably never give us this answer, but there are some that disagree and believe that machine learning/AI can get to this level eventually. (Complete "mapping" and interpretation of omics etc.)
I find that trial and error works well here! If I eat pasta or pizza, I feel great while eating it, but crappy for a long while afterwards. However, consuming nightshades like tomatoes, peppers and even plain boiled potatoes as an example give me no issues. So I don't skip those for the time being.
Thanks for your insight. My feeling that such detailed personal info in our present climat of disrespect of data is asking for trouble
Writing my book taught me that there is a deep ideological/spiritual battle underlying everything that we think is political. You wouldn't think that would extend to diet, but it absolutely does. This might sound crazy, but underneath all this are two sides: a pro-human side which believes that people are worth helping, and an anti-human (or transhuman) side which believes human being is essentially evil and that people are not worth helping, that human existence itself must be transcended or escaped from. These ideas and world views can be traced back to Plato, or even further. If you boil that down, you get this foundational world view that humanity's existence is a net negative. This creates a false dialectic which pits humankind against "nature." That's where you see the Earth-worshippy stuff come in (environmentalist/vegan extremism). You can see this in the writings of most of the elites of the 20th century- Bertrand Russell, H.G. Wells, the Huxley's, Margaret Sanger, etc. The intellectual elite of today have this same world view. So sadly, I think you're right. We can find solutions for human suffering and death, but to get there we will be fighting against a worldview which says the only good people are dead ones- unless you are part of their elite circle.
Big-data will probably never give us this answer, but there are some that disagree and believe that machine learning/AI can get to this level eventually. (Complete "mapping" and interpretation of omics etc.)
I find that trial and error works well here! If I eat pasta or pizza, I feel great while eating it, but crappy for a long while afterwards. However, consuming nightshades like tomatoes, peppers and even plain boiled potatoes as an example give me no issues. So I don't skip those for the time being.