According to certain people who call themselves breatharians, we can. Or else sunlight or the energy of the Universe: prana or chi or whatever. A recent newspaper article has provoked two skeptics to respond. Though they are on opposite sides of the atheist-skeptic misogyny wars, they nevertheless agree that breatharianism is total bullshit.
Rebecca Watson: Breatharians Claim to Live Without Food - YouTube
When a breatharian took James Randi's challenge to demonstrate a paranormal phenomenon, he sneaked out of his hotel room and came back with a package from a nearby Burger King. When JR confronted him, he claimed that he only wanted to smell the vapors from the meal.
RW then considered selling a story about how she has a dog that poops diamonds. When anyone asks about it, she would offer for $100 a bag of her dog's poop, a bag that might possibly contain a diamond.
Thunderf00t: 'living without eating for NINE YEARS' BUSTED - YouTube
He went into a lot of detail, noting that some would-be breatharians have died of starvation, and how when breatharian Jasmuheen was kept from food, she became rather weak after four days.
He also did experiments on measuring the oxygen and carbon-dioxide content of his breath. Sure enough, he discovered that he consumes O2 and releases CO2, as one might expect from his body combining food molecules with O2. He also measured his weight with a very sensitive scale, and he found that he loses a little bit of weight from released water and CO2.
We've had some previous threads on breatharianism:
Woman Planning on Surviving on Sunlight Alone - Secular Café
Man 'Survives Without Food' For 70 Years - Secular Café
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