I think there's a strong motivation to believe in hell for other people. The wicked flourish like the green bay tree, and where is justice?

Alternatively, belief in hell for other people is mere spitefulness.

Also, I believe inventing the tortures of hell is very like the same drive that causes people to write horror fiction, though I have no idea of why they do it, or why I like horror fiction.

It's evidence that God loves complexity even more than He loves beetles.

I dislike raw oysters quite a bit, but they're okay cooked.

Speaking of logical fallacies, the fact that one person loves a thing means that other people will even tolerate it is not strongly likely. I don't know that people even have an obligation to try things other people love.

And yet, the temptation to think that other people do or should love what one loves it very strong. "I think this is great!" just doesn't feel as true as "This is great!".

I don't like the way he treated his girlfriend, but that doesn't address whether his health advice is good. It did make me want independent verification of his claims about what he's selling.

The olive oil is $35 per 750 ml bottle. It's a little hard to find the quantity.

An ordinary olive oil might cost $12/litre or about a quarter as much. So, not outrageous, but still expensive.

I'm not sure he thinks his methods will achieve immortality. his overt goals are reversing aging and improving quality of life. If he's talked about living long enough for drastically better tech, I haven't heard him say it. I think he does believe it would take too long to get to a general solution for aging for it to do him any good.

The food he sells is fairly expensive.

I've added a link to the post.

Unfortunately, "he's too weird" was most of the response I got at ACX.

I suggest thinking about other possible social dark matter.

I think deliberate weight loss makes a lot of people's lives worse-- that being hungry and distracted (possibly chilled and more frequently sick) isn't worth greater social acceptance, and that the current insistence on leanness is about looking right rather than health.

Asexuality could have fit in the article. 

 

This might be related to the circular reasoning that gay people shouldn't be trusted with security clearances because they can be blackmailed.