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To: agere_contra

Yes, it is the Atkins diet but they would never admit that. I never understood why people were so hostile to Atkins.


7 posted on 04/20/2011 4:38:52 PM PDT by ez ("Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton, Paradise Lost)
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People were hostile to Atkins because his the effectiveness of his diet was contrary to previously held theories they believed. It is surprising how resistant theoretical “knowledge” is to empirical challenges.


17 posted on 04/20/2011 5:22:22 PM PDT by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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To: ez
Yes, it is the Atkins diet but they would never admit that. I never understood why people were so hostile to Atkins.

Every priesthood gets gold plated over time, and becomes very protective over their rituals and incantations. Can't have the hoi polloi knowing better magic than they do.

21 posted on 04/20/2011 5:45:39 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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