Tue, Oct-31-17, 08:44
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Senior Member
Posts: 15,075
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Plan: mostly milkfat
Stats: 190/152.4/154
BF:
Progress: 104%
Location: Ontario
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Kyle Mamounis's talk vs. sugar causing insulin resistance is interesting. I think it's wrong-headed, but interesting.
He starts with the debate resolution, "Sugar causes insulin resistance," which to me is a non-starter. If I say, "Sugar is the cause of insulin resistance," you only have to show conditions under which sugar doesn't cause insulin resistance, to show that sugar isn't the cause.
Not that I know much about philosophy or engineering, but a useful bit of philosophy here might be to not use philosophy to solve an engineering problem. I don't care whether sugar is the "ultimate" cause, I care about whether I'll benefit by avoiding it.
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