[gaius]

This Gary Taube is an idiot. Here's how it actually works: you notice yourself getting fat over a period of weeks, and then you correct it over a period of weeks. It's a process of continual adjustment. You don't weigh yourself once every 10 years!

[StrawberryFrog]

No, but I think that you're missing that he's pointing you at that conclusion - that the system is self-regulating to a large degree.