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Hmmm. This does seem based on self-experimentation, unfortunately. To which research is Taleb referring to?
I don't know what his research sources are.
I find his evolutionary arguments plausible, though I think there may have been some long distance running (not at marathon pace) for transportation and/or cursorial hunting in ancestral environments.
His approach seems like a reasonable experiment-- plausible, not especially dangerous. The idea that a regular schedule for food and exercise is better seems like an unexamined fairly modern assumption.
This is certainly interesting, but I'll wait for more studies before I try any of this on myself, since parts of Taleb's approach are a bit dangerous, including improper sleep duration and prolonged periods of physical inactivity. Risk-benefit analyses of fasting and infrequent intense exercise are also inconclusive at present.
I'm not sure if he meant prolonged periods of no exercise at all, or (as I suspect) prolonged periods of nothing more intense than long leisurely walks.
Hmmm. Good point. I'd still be careful with sleep duration, though.