The importance of red teams
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.” —Richard Feynman
#103 – Looking back on the first 99 episodes: Strong Convictions, Loosely Held
“I reserve metformin prescriptions for patients who obviously are in need of it from the standpoint of glucose and insulin regulation, but I don’t view it really as a pro longevity agent yet.” — Peter Attia
The pleasure of finding things out
Why do those last few “O”s in a bowl of Cheerios tend to clump together in the middle of the bowl or around the edges?
Am I fooling myself?
This story serves to remind me that we are not wired to think scientifically. Full stop. It is the quintessential human flaw. But scientific thinking is a skill to be practiced and improved upon.
#73 – AMA #9: NAD & metformin, fat-burning zone, creatine, estrogenization of men, emergency kit for cold & flu, and more
“The sky is blue, and the trees are green; therefore, I should eat cyanide.” — Peter Attia on the type of brilliant logic people use to suggest you burn more calories while sleeping vs. exercising
#60 – Annie Duke, decision strategist: Poker as a model system for life—how to improve decision making, use frameworks for learning, and apply ‘backcasting’ to boost your odds for future success
“We don’t want [people] to be afraid of the bad outcomes. . .because we would like people to be innovative and push against the status quo because that’s how we move forward as a society, as a business, as an individual.” — Annie Duke
Predicting the future
As Carl Jacobi, a German mathematician was fond of saying, “Invert, always invert.”
Grit
What do passion, persistence, and deliberate practice have to do with our health?