Evolutionary Fitness

Good honest science is first approached by collecting observational data, analyzing for certain relationships, and finally forming hypotheses around the data. But that's just the beginning. The good scientist then does his level best to disprove the hypotheses suggested by the data. To the extent he tries and fails, the hypotheses gain more acceptance. Then, other good scientists set about to disprove, and to the extent they try and fail, the hypotheses become to be "established science." The underlying methodology is one of falsifiability in scientific propositions. Put another way, a scientific proposition must be formed in a way that methodologically makes room for ... Read Full Story

I'm trying to get out a photo of my continuing evolution (an intended pun, there) about every 10 pounds of net loss. Last one was at a bit over 200 pounds, and this is at a bit over 190. But let's take a trip back, first. Me, on a European vacation, a mere two summers ago. Oh, one more. We'll call it "fat me II." Doing what I did best, back then. Here's the comparison I published last February between me around this time last year and 3-4 months later. Note: the before is actually after about 6 months of my brief, intense resistance ... Read Full Story

That's funny. Turns out the top search term on the blog over the last few days has been for "cold shower." I suppose it's because of this , a bit of "Richard-Lab." Now, that's actually a bit of a longish post, but I'd say one of my more important ones, because rather than an assemblage of good work by others (for which I'm eternally grateful and will always acknowledge), this is original work. The rest of this isn't going to be fully comprehensible unless you go ahead and take the 5 to read it. Well, that was just over a week ago. I was ... Read Full Story

...And yet you can still benefit tremendously, just as we benefit every day from Newtons "Laws," even though they have been found to be not precisely true in all circumstances . I never make any bones about the fact that I don't believe in any supreme being, and I'm as convinced of the overwhelming evidence in support for evolution as I am that the universe is heliocentric and not geocentric, as was believed by virtually everyone until only about 1,000 years ago. And evolution is observed to happen all around us. Stephan experiences it every day in the lab . What many people don't ... Read Full Story

One of the things I'll discuss often is getting off the "mealtime" bandwagon. Why would you want to eat when you're not hungry? Some days, I'll eat five or eight "meals" a day. Others, one or two. Some days, none at all. Today at 11am, I suddenly realized I was hungry. So I ate. Imagine that. A simple five strips of bacon (uncured, organic, from Whole Foods) and three Jumbo eggs. The cooking oil melting in the pan is one of my favorites: ghee . If you get tired of your butter smoking and browning (when you don't want browned butter), use ghee. It's ... Read Full Story