thomblake comments on If calorie restriction works in humans, should we have observed it already? - Less Wrong
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I thought the point of the post was that there isn't any scientific evidence, and the author was scouring for anecdotes, generally involving monks. I was asking what makes one monk-anecdote better than another - in general, what counts as evidence.
Irony is surprisingly hard to detect over the internet. I too have interpreted your original comment wrong.
I'm confused. Did you think that my comment was ironic before, or do you think so now?
I was asking a straightforward question, I thought.
I was thinking that this
is ironic. Especially because "Moses lived to 120" is most probably false if taken literally.