EPTMan lived off only meditation for 70 years - Page 11
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skronch
United States2717 Posts
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goswser
United States3546 Posts
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nArAnjO
Peru2571 Posts
I mean i've seen a lot of posts talking about how this is scientifically, biologically, etc impossible, but when you really think about things, science comes from an impossibility too | ||
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ammeL
United States211 Posts
1) The man "claims" -- Hell, I can claim a lot of things, too. I claim I can beat Flash in a bo5. 2) India is quite a religious country (especially the state of Gujarat where this is all being taken place). Therefore, since meditation in that part of India has significant religious aspects tied to it, and this "scheme" has reached a public level, India is going to defend this religious-claim. It's all for the publicity -- almost a political thing, but with religious aspects tied with it. Meditation or not, it's just not possible. And yeah, great post biochemist. | ||
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IrT4nkz
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Zato-1
Chile4253 Posts
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Draconizard
628 Posts
The point is: if something sounds too amazing to be true, it usually is. Incredible claims require astronomical amounts of independently verifiable proof. | ||
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rredtooth
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Biochemist
United States1008 Posts
On May 05 2010 02:04 redtooth wrote: biochemist you're being silly. what if he had really mutated genes. we don't need food if we can just get energy (since food is energy after all). and you saying its impossible is just like saying flying or space exploration was impossible. and i'm sure you're basing your knowledge off of chemistry and biology, which are known to be economic hoaxes. + Show Spoiler + http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=123401¤tpage=8#158 Seriously, lol. It always annoys me when people want to throw away an entire field of science because they feel like they have a new explanation for everything. I'm actually aware of the limitations of chemistry, biology, and physics, and the problem with these nutjobs is that they don't. I mean if you're going to just throw away the lock-and-key model for enzymes and make some absurd claim about adrenaline giving off some type of mysterious energy signal, how do you explain the extremely detailed signaling pathways we've mapped out for it? ![[image loading]](http://www1.qiagen.com/Geneglobe/Pathways/tiny/cAMP%20Pathway.jpg) I mean, did someone just make all that shit up by throwing darts at a chalkboard? | ||
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Dr.Lettuce
United Kingdom663 Posts
"A MAN LIVED WITHOUT FOOD AND WATER FOR 70 YEARS" yeah... point and case to be honest. | ||
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Ghostcom
Denmark4782 Posts
Just to give an example: A red blood cell can at the most survive 120 days before it dies and a new one has to be made. When a red blood cell dies the body recycles the iron from the hemoglobin, but the rest of the molecule is basicly waste which the body execretes through bile (which is execreted with the feces) and through the urine. | ||
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Ghostcom
Denmark4782 Posts
On May 05 2010 01:40 Jayme wrote: Yea but it still NEEDS water, it just gets it through the food it eats. I fail to see why you even brought the kangaroo rat up as it doesn't live without water at all. It lives without exogen water, just like the indian guy claims to do... I don't think I can make it any clearer than this... | ||
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Biochemist
United States1008 Posts
On May 05 2010 02:13 Ghostcom wrote: The biggest problem with this is actually that he isn't getting rid of any of the toxic waste the cells produce... Just to give an example: A red blood cell can at the most survive 120 days before it dies and a new one has to be made. When a red blood cell dies the body recycles the iron from the hemoglobin, but the rest of the molecule is basicly waste which the body execretes through bile (which is execreted with the feces) and through the urine. I wonder if they'll keep monitoring him until his kidneys fail. | ||
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pyr0ma5ta
United States458 Posts
On May 05 2010 02:04 redtooth wrote: biochemist you're being silly. what if he had really mutated genes. we don't need food if we can just get energy (since food is energy after all). and you saying its impossible is just like saying flying or space exploration was impossible. and i'm sure you're basing your knowledge off of chemistry and biology, which are known to be economic hoaxes. + Show Spoiler + As a Biology PhD student I find your assessment of Chemistry and Biology as economics hoaxes to be highly offensive. Take your ignorance elsewhere. | ||
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Deleted User 31060
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On May 05 2010 01:53 nArAnjO wrote: take it easy, when you really think about things nothing really makes any sense, you should not only believe in science and have a narrow mind imo you're one to talk But you've got a point. People like me don't know anything, what with our pesky "education" and crap | ||
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Biochemist
United States1008 Posts
On May 05 2010 02:16 pyr0ma5ta wrote: As a Biology PhD student I find your assessment of Chemistry and Biology as economics hoaxes to be highly offensive. Take your ignorance elsewhere. He was paraphrasing a quote earlier in the thread. Pretty sure he's being sarcastic. | ||
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L_Master
United States8017 Posts
On May 05 2010 02:16 pyr0ma5ta wrote: As a Biology PhD student I find your assessment of Chemistry and Biology as economics hoaxes to be highly offensive. Take your ignorance elsewhere. Lol, im pretty sure this is satircal, given the quoted post. Someone earlier actually did post something along the lines that chemistry and biology are just economic hoaxes and everything can be explained by physics. | ||
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Ghostcom
Denmark4782 Posts
On May 05 2010 02:16 Biochemist wrote: I wonder if they'll keep monitoring him until his kidneys fail. One could hope... So that people would stop making claims like these  | ||
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Masq
Canada1792 Posts
not eating for 70 years? bullshit | ||
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EtherealDeath
United States8366 Posts
On May 05 2010 01:45 Cambium wrote: I just read the Jasmuheen section, and "She claims that her DNA has expanded from 2 to 12 strands, to "absorb more hydrogen"." wow... Do people even think before they spout bullshit lololol. | ||
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