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When I hear Ray talk in the radio, I always wonder, why does it seems he's being tortured every time he talks? It's as he's in alot of pain when he talk's. Does anybody here knows why it is like that?
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norxgirl said:My young sis-in-law is like that as well.....her IQ is in TOPS - Top One Percent Society........I just figured that might have something to do with it......a very active mind flooded with info that is very precise, choosing output from many, many variables....
pete said:At first, I thought it was going to be a pain to listen to his interviews (and understand what he was saying),
but it's not that bad now, I suppose you get used to it.
Charlie said:There is an interview with him back in 2000 and his voice is much deeper and strong. A big difference of lately.
Someone on another forum suggested his voice is like that because he keeps himself in a hypermetabolic state.
Charlie said:Slight hypermetabolism is good.
I dunno gummy, I have found myself questioning his voice to.
nwo2012 said:I think he has become nervous. I guess because now there is a large focus on what he says that he feels nervous when talking, like he wants to say the right thing. Just my take on it. Maybe the hypermetabolic state he keeps for longevity, it makes you talk this way.
Birdie said:I like his voice. In some of the interviews, though, I think he may have been in the midst of some dental work. I don't perceive any nervousness on his part. But, he is trying to be precise, as somebody else said. He is just thinking as he talks. We are used to media types who talk quite differently. Also, he is answering questions, rather than giving a prepared lecture. That takes more thought and you can tell he is thinking which might seem to some to be hesitant rather than thoughtful.
gummybear said:Birdie said:I like his voice. In some of the interviews, though, I think he may have been in the midst of some dental work. I don't perceive any nervousness on his part. But, he is trying to be precise, as somebody else said. He is just thinking as he talks. We are used to media types who talk quite differently. Also, he is answering questions, rather than giving a prepared lecture. That takes more thought and you can tell he is thinking which might seem to some to be hesitant rather than thoughtful.
He doesn't sound very healthy to me.
*waiting to get lynched*
j. said:gummybear said:Birdie said:I like his voice. In some of the interviews, though, I think he may have been in the midst of some dental work. I don't perceive any nervousness on his part. But, he is trying to be precise, as somebody else said. He is just thinking as he talks. We are used to media types who talk quite differently. Also, he is answering questions, rather than giving a prepared lecture. That takes more thought and you can tell he is thinking which might seem to some to be hesitant rather than thoughtful.
He doesn't sound very healthy to me.
*waiting to get lynched*
it could be because he was sick all his life and maybe without his diet he would've been dead by now. he has an incredible mind for a 73 (is that his age?) year-old, or for any age really.
nwo2012 said:I agree, I find his voice very different but also very easy to listen to. I also find it a bit strange that what his voice sounds like would be so important or make his work any less important. Or saying he does not sound healthy? I find that ridiculous. Are we seeing a pattern here? Not trying to be controversial, just saying that's all.
nwo2012 said:I agree, I find his voice very different but also very easy to listen to. I also find it a bit strange that what his voice sounds like would be so important or make his work any less important. Or saying he does not sound healthy? I find that ridiculous. Are we seeing a pattern here? Not trying to be controversial, just saying that's all.
peatarian said:I noticed the same thing - the somehow scratchy voice. There are some comments in other forums about it. I don't think it's inappropriate to talk about it. RP himself makes fun of the way vegetarians and vegans look.
I have experienced this thing about the voice myself now. The better my metabolic rate (with lots of regular protein eating and good T3 ratio and progesterone, super temperature a.s.o.) the scratchier my voice sounds. Sometimes I sound like a boy reaching puberty.
If you listen carefully to Ray Peat you will notice that it seems like there are a million thought processes happening in his brain. It's not so much about finding words and saying them - it's more about picking one of the thoughts and choosing one the hundreds of words which would match to find the most accurate. It's not like normal verbal processes. It's more like he is trying to get some distance from his constant thinking to find the thoughts needed at this particular moment and regarding this particular question and then he describes what he sees in what he considers a simple language.
It's really like that: The more alert you are, the easier complex thinking becomes, the harder it is to express the thoughts verbally.
He says in the interview on youtube: "I don't consider myself fluent in any language." (You got to love him.)
RP spends a few days of every week without talking or reading or listening to words. He paints.
You will remember that he mentions how estrogen produces 'excited cells' in the brain, very much like cocaine, and by doing so makes us more fluent in any language. Of course only for some time and always with a high price. (He considers cocaine to be less harmful ...)
I think we are imprinted with the idea that thinking and talking have to be the same. They are not. Maybe TV gives this impression because it's hard to show how smart a character is without letting him say something intelligent. If you consider that you can read about 100 times more in the same time if you stop hearing your own voice in your head you might consider it possible that putting thoughts into words might actually slow you down.
If you try not talking for two days, not watching TV, not listening to music ... and you have enough thyroid ... you will notice the same about your voice I think and about your thinking.