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staticassertiontoday at 1:36 AM1 replyview on HN

What is helpful about Nova? What are the useful statements we can make? I would argue that Nova makes it more difficult to make useful statements. For example, someone who follows Nova would believe that taking a fiber supplement, or a multivitamin, is "ultra processed" and if they equate "ultra processed" with bad... well, they'd skip those. Meanwhile, they could eat raw mean morning to night, or drink their own urine, and they'd be on a totally unprocessed diet.

What framework has Nova helped develop for eating healthier?


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kelseyfrogtoday at 1:58 AM

> someone who follows Nova would believe that taking a fiber supplement, or a multivitamin, is "ultra processed"

No one believes that. We're all adults and not looking for loopholes or edge cases to exploit. A system can be generally good even if it has inconsistent edge cases, which is basically all systems that have ever existed.

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