The chess-board is the world; the pieces are the phenomena of the universe; the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, and patient. But also we know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance. – Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-95) English biologist. This is day 5 of experiment #2, which is trying to answer the question “Will eating low GI carbs instead of high GI carbs result in better...

An ocean traveler has even more vividly the impression that the ocean is made of waves than that it is made of water. – Arthur S. Eddington (1882-1944) English astronomer and physicist This is day 4 of experiment #2, which is trying to answer the question “Will eating low GI carbs instead of high GI carbs result in better weight loss than in my first experiment?” Here are today’s body measurements. Body Measurements Body Weight 191.4 lbs Body Fat (Impedance Scale) 16% Body Fat (Skinfold Calipers) 12.7% Body Fat...

Penetrating so many secrets, we cease to believe in the unknowable. But there it sits nevertheless, calmly licking its chops. – H. L. Mencken (1880-1956) American journalist, writer This is day 3 of experiment #2, which is trying to answer the question “Will eating low GI carbs instead of high GI carbs result in better weight loss than in my first experiment?” Here are today’s body measurements. Body Measurements Body Weight 191.4 lbs Body Fat (Impedance Scale) 14.8% Body Fat (Skinfold Calipers) 11.87% Body Fat...

… the scientist would maintain that knowledge in of itself is wholly good, and that there should be and are methods of dealing with misuses of knowledge by the ruffian or the bully other than by suppressing the knowledge. – Percy Williams Bridgman (1882-1961) U. S. physicist This is day 2 of experiment #2, which is trying to answer the question “Will eating low GI carbs instead of high GI carbs result in better weight loss than in my first experiment?” Here are today’s body measurements. Body Measurements Body...

I believe there is no philosophical high-road in science, with epistemological signposts. No, we are in a jungle and find our way by trial and error, building our road behind us as we proceed. – Max Born (1882-1970) German Physicist This is day 1 of experiment #2, which is trying to answer the question “Will eating low GI carbs instead of high GI carbs result in better weight loss than in my first experiment?” Here are today’s body measurements. Body Measurements Body Weight 194.6 lbs Body Fat (Impedance...

We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power. – Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English philosopher, mathematician. This is the last day of experiment #1, which is trying to answer the question “Will I gain body fat if I eat more calories than I expend daily?” Here are today’s body measurements. Body Measurements Body Weight 187.6 lbs Body Fat (Impedance Scale) 15% Body Fat (Skinfold Calipers) 11.26% Body Fat...