gwern comments on Firewalling the Optimal from the Rational - Less Wrong

86 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 08 October 2012 08:01AM

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Comment author: gwern 20 October 2012 05:24:16PM *  2 points [-]

The product I received matches the Wikipedia article; the labeling on the bag is 'potassium citrate', and the nutritional breakdown per 100 grams matches what the Wikipedia article claims (eg. the bag claims 36.2g of potassium per 100g of powder while WP says "Pure potassium citrate contains 38.28% potassium.", which makes sense if the formula is C6H5K3O7 - as compared to KI). I haven't noticed any of the side-effects which are listed for potassium iodide despite taking what would by now have been a serious dose of potassium iodide. Finally, that description is identical to their informational page for potassium iodide crystals. So my guess is that it's some sort of copy and paste error, but definitely worth me emailing them to ask...

Comment author: endoself 20 October 2012 08:49:54PM 0 points [-]

Oh, that's good then. Thanks.

Comment author: gwern 21 October 2012 01:59:06AM 2 points [-]

Their rep Jessica Arman replied:

We recently hired a copy editor to update our website and shortly thereafter let her go. We have been catching misinformation. I am going to check with the owner of the company to clear up this discrepancy and I'll get back to you as soon as I hear from him. Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention. I will get back to you on Monday. Please let me know if there is anything else I can help you with in the meantime. It would be my pleasure.