156 – A Chemical Hunger The Bayesian Conspiracy 0:00 / 01:51:210:00 VolumeDOWNLOAD << 15s15s >>Playback speed1.0x1.25x1.5x1.75x2.0x2.25x2.5x2.75x3.0x3.25x3.5x3.75x4.0x Notes+Link> 156 – A Chemical Hunger Download ↓CommentJump× Close We discuss A Chemical Hunger – the paper presenting the hypothesis that the modern obesity epidemic is due to enviromental contamination causing widespread lithium poisoning. EDIT – MAJOR UPDATE – It’s probably not lithium! Links to become a patron of this group, or contact them BMI Calculator Less Wrong Posts – 5:53 Main Topic – 15:09 Thank the Patron – 1:50:23 [PART I – MYSTERIES] [PART II – CURRENT THEORIES OF OBESITY ARE INADEQUATE] [PART III – ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANTS] [PART IV – CRITERIA] [PART V – LIVESTOCK ANTIBIOTICS] [PART VI – PFAS] [PART VII – LITHIUM] [PART VIII – PARADOXICAL REACTIONS] [INTERLUDE H – WELL WELL WELL] [PART IX – ANOREXIA IN ANIMALS] [PART X – WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT] Eneasz’s tldr notes Extracting lithium from seawater Hey look, we have a discord! What could possibly go wrong? Also merch! Rationality: From AI to Zombies, The Podcast, and the other podcast LessWrong posts Discussed in this Episode: The Halo Effect Superhero Bias Mere Messiahs Next Episode’s Sequence Posts: Affective Death Spirals Resist the Happy Death Spiral Uncritical Supercriticality No comments yet. Start the conversation. Comments are closed for this episode.