Natalia
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Natalia is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between February 09, 2023 and April 22, 2024. The archive places it in contexts such as “Also, Natalia finds no real evidence for the oft-quoted idea that wild animals are gaining weight”; “Possible correction by Natalia to my Lumina post”. It most often appears alongside @moritheil, ACX, ACX Prediction Contest.
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- Category: People
- Mention count: 2
- Issue count: 2
- First seen: February 09, 2023
- Last seen: April 22, 2024
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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.
38: Natalia Mendonca continues her series pushing back against Slime Mold Time Mold’s case for the chemical contaminant theory of obesity. Even though I was already doubtful of SMTM’s case, I found this really helpful because of the argument that obesity hadn’t suddenly increased at a specific point (usually claimed to be the 1960s) but had been increasing gradually since at least 1900 - I think this matches what you would expect from increasing affluence and food-making technology, and not what you would expect from some specific dietary nutrient/toxin being the villain. Also, Natalia finds no real evidence for the oft-quoted idea that wild animals are gaining weight, which again rules out some of the more exotic theories and removes a challenge to the boring old caloric intake explanation.
Inline links: continues her series pushing back against
2: Possible correction by Natalia to my Lumina post: there might not have been three different trials, my objections here, Natalia’s response here. I am still confused by this situation, for the reasons discussed.