I can't sleep vlog

Shaving against the grain and living solely on sunlight without food and water.

Man living without food and water: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGF7EY2Ucm8&feature=related

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[kidofalbion]

The notion of individuals being able to survive without food and water is nothing new, particularly in India. During the era of British colonial rule, there were numerous reports of soldier monks and militant sadus who were unearthed, still alive, during archeological excavations. If you’re looking for a discernible paper trail, I’d suggest checking out the ASI (Archaeological Survey of India) documentation from the turn-of-the-century....

[oliverscott2007]

@kidofalbion

I tried a google search and I mainly for items about what ASI is as opposed to documentation of unearthed bodies still alive.

[oliverscott2007]

@kidofalbion

I thank you for the information. I may just need to devote more time to and improve my researching abilities, but all I could find on this story were the splurge of tabloid stories using marketable titles like 'Man baffles scientists by not eating for 70 years.'

James Randi can be seen in a youtube video with some scathing criticism of India's scientific community. He didn't mention that people doing the surveys were primarily Jains though. Interesting.

[kidofalbion]

As a point of interest, the majority of doctors who participated in the ‘sunlight’ experiment are devout Jains; a fact that may explain why they were so quick to accept the results without further question.

Hello, by the way. Apologies for not commenting earlier but I haven't been on YouTube for a while and am only just getting around to watching your most recent videos. I'd enjoy another submission on this subject... very interesting.

[kidofalbion]

Nevertheless, it should be borne in mind that the Indian scientific community is conditioned by the moral and religious structures of Indian society. I’d wager that the primacy of holy doctrine in this area considerably compromises the credibility of so-called objective scientific studies such as this. To give you an example, I’ve previously read reports of Indian scientists perpetuating the idea that Adi Shankara travelled to the moon in the 9th century – not at all controversial...

[kidofalbion]

In the present case, I’ve undertaken quite a bit of research about the experiment. The individual in question was monitored and observed for 15 days. The photosynthesis claims are completely unsubstantiated and the surveillance methods have been widely criticized for a number of purported shortcomings. Even so, those who criticize the legitimacy of the test itself overlook the idea that the individual making the claims did not request to be monitored of his own volition...

[straightedge324]

this video made me laugh.

[IDante1Savage]

lol we can fly. I had debate with someone the other week about how you can't do anything you really put your mind to e.g. run fast as a car or levitate, I said ok jump to the moon? they said you couldn't, I asked why, they said because you would burn up in the atmosphere and I replied yes because otherwise you would be goign against the laws of physics a bit like flying which is impossible.

[IDante1Savage]

this was a good vlog, the less effort put into the input makes things flow more I think.