SMTM

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SMTM is a recurring organization in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between March 03, 2021 and July 01, 2022. The archive places it in contexts such as “the SMTM authors have a different theory”; “especially SMTM’s lithium contamination theory”. It most often appears alongside Wikipedia, 9-11, @a_centrism.

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  • Category: Organizations
  • Mention count: 2
  • Issue count: 2
  • First seen: March 03, 2021
  • Last seen: July 01, 2022

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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

March 03, 2021 · Original source
32: Also from the Slime Mold Time Mold blog: a critique of the research on hypobaric hypoxia causing weight loss. I’d previously cited the research favorably in my post on why obesity negatively correlates with altitude; the SMTM authors have a different theory where it has to do with how many pollutants are in your water (the lower you are, the more runoff has made it into your water supply).
July 01, 2022 · Original source
47: Natalia Mendonca has been working hard trying to investigate theories of obesity (especially SMTM’s lithium contamination theory). Her main writeup is here: It’s Probably Not Lithium. But I’ve been even more impressed with some of the periperhal things she’s found that apply to almost all “alternative” theories of obesity, like that lab mice don’t actually seem to be getting fatter and the evidence that truly wild animals are inexplicably getting fatter is slim. I hope she puts it in one place someday.