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Re: Carbon dioxide, glycation, and the protective effects of
Thanks for the link, Mittir, I was curious about that original article. I recall K. (enough publicity already, I regret ever writing his name in full here so the Google bots can pick it up) never posted a link to it, he was just speculating on a quote he found on Facebook. Which was an admission he had not even read it, let alone understand it, and that's why I didn't even consider necessary to peruse his thoughts on "the matter"!
I think he did mention "having more credentials" than other RP practitioners. I thought he was a student, trying to get some notoriety early on.
But if your hunch is right and he is, I don't know, a guitar player who dabbles in these subjects, that would be pretty interesting! However, if that's the case, I guess we'd never know.
So, if Andrew Kim never reveals his background, maybe you're right, and it is safe to assume a lack of scientific background...
You know, Mittir, I am willing to read both scientists and non-scientists on these subjects -- but I do need to know in advance which is which... Keeping a mysterious profile while writing on health topics may work on forums at a user level, but when one distributes and edits content related to health matters, it would be very helpful if we knew their background so we could mix it in our evaluation regarding what they put out there -- it is a key ingredient. Imagine if we didn't know that Ray Peat had studied biology. Who would have had the guts to follow him and to trust his ideas?
Mittir said:I am noticing several people are referring to Andrew Kim as scientist. Does anyone know what is his scientific background.
I have read one of his article on half life of adipose tissue criticizing Ray Peat for being lazy and wrong. He claims to be a " overseer" to RP. That was a clever article but he clearly does not understand what he was criticizing. If you read the original article he was criticizing it will be very clear to you.
http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/33/1/81.long
I am sure he does not have any kind of training in biological science or any hard science.
Thanks for the link, Mittir, I was curious about that original article. I recall K. (enough publicity already, I regret ever writing his name in full here so the Google bots can pick it up) never posted a link to it, he was just speculating on a quote he found on Facebook. Which was an admission he had not even read it, let alone understand it, and that's why I didn't even consider necessary to peruse his thoughts on "the matter"!
I think he did mention "having more credentials" than other RP practitioners. I thought he was a student, trying to get some notoriety early on.
But if your hunch is right and he is, I don't know, a guitar player who dabbles in these subjects, that would be pretty interesting! However, if that's the case, I guess we'd never know.
So, if Andrew Kim never reveals his background, maybe you're right, and it is safe to assume a lack of scientific background...
Mittir said:I like Chris Masterjohn's writing, he is a real scientist not like Matt stone. Writing opinion is one thing but critiquing published journals requires expertise in that area and formal training.
You know, Mittir, I am willing to read both scientists and non-scientists on these subjects -- but I do need to know in advance which is which... Keeping a mysterious profile while writing on health topics may work on forums at a user level, but when one distributes and edits content related to health matters, it would be very helpful if we knew their background so we could mix it in our evaluation regarding what they put out there -- it is a key ingredient. Imagine if we didn't know that Ray Peat had studied biology. Who would have had the guts to follow him and to trust his ideas?