Posts Tagged ‘Assumptions’

Economics and Physics

Sunday, October 25th, 2009
Nathaniel Gronewald reports on a somewhat esoteric controversy : The financial crisis and subsequent global recession have led to much soul-searching among economists, the vast majority of whom never saw it coming. But were their assumptions and models wrong only because of minor errors or because today’s dominant economic thinking violates the laws of physics ? A small but growing group of academics believe the latter is true, and they are out to prove it. These thinkers say that the ne

Five good reasons why low calorie diets are a disaste for weight loss

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
by Lyle Neander There is strong evidence that low calorie or controlled-calorie diets are bad news for anyone hoping to lose weight in the long term. If we examine the facts and assumptions behind the theory its painfully obvious why it wont work. These are the reasons this is a disastrous concept for weight loss. 1. To lose weight you have to reduce the number of calories you are eating to a point where the calories you eat are less than the calories you consume. That much is obvious.