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On 21/02/2012 04:32, spike wrote:
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From Swedish news, it looks like he left home last summer after his
business went bad and went up north. At least during the autumn he
occasionally popped by a village to buy junk food. My guess is he
suffered from some form of fugue state, either a fullblown
dissociative amnesia, or just an attempt to escape a social
situation he could not handle.<br>
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Not sure about the metabolism question. If you semi-starve and do
not move much, I would imagine you burn very few calories. The
lowered body temperature in caloric restriction might really reduce
energy demands. But I suspect the man had some calorie reserves in
the car.<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Anders Sandberg,
Future of Humanity Institute
Philosophy Faculty of Oxford University </pre>
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