AmagicalFishy comments on Stupid Questions, 2nd half of December - Less Wrong Discussion
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I don't understand why this comment is met with such opposition. Calories are the amount of energy a food contains. If you use more energy than you take in, then you have to lose weight [stored energy]. There's literally no other way it could work.
The statement can even be further simplified to:
Then try rereading the discussion till you have an insight into why people disagree. I don't think you are too stupid to understand it if you make an effort to try to understand.