156 – A Chemical Hunger

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