Thanks for reading.

This makes me even more furious that there was irresponsible reporting on the part of a major news agency which did not understand the press-release or knew and chose to further sensationalize the matter.

some relevant points

1)They are not testing the 70 years claim.A disclaimer was issued before.

2)Bathing and gargling allowed only from 5th day.

3)Sudhir shah is only assisting the defence organization DIPAS.

I knew you will response to my statement that one can live without food, and it is something I imagined, and there is nothing wrong in that, may be what we imagine is not true, but if thought has come then what can be done? Yes foundations can be made on imagination too. sometimes it appears that this whole world is your imagination..and you experience it.. I do not want to appear like a psyche and I am not. But there are somethings which are beyond our understanding!
Science is the expansion of human understanding and imagination. Theories come and theories fail. When we work on body’s physiology, there is a set of normal range of everything, but sometimes you find cases where normal doesn’t exist and then you discard it as exceptions. All the scientific data what we have today is after statistical removal of extreme values. person to person, species to species is kind of new challenge. Life is not only about DNA and the protein it expresses, it is more than that. I agree that wider approach may make us to linger and loose focus but what if focus in narrow range discards the real aim.
I am not defending Mr. Jani and I have no intention to do that but I am only thinking ab the other possibilities. If we have never been on other side we can’t say that side is not there. Yes u r right one can’t stand on one leg, leg is meant to stand only, but what ab wings and fins? even they can be used for moving and can rest too..

thanks again for replying. take care!

The only way to analyze an experiment is rationally. Had the claim for a scientific basis not been made, we might not have needed to discuss it. Having said that, if you read my post carefully, no where do I say we should keep a closed mind. When we close our minds to all ideas we shut ourselves from progress. If we keep the door open to all ideas, we fall prey to the opposite problem. I mentioned that to Jaky as well.

Now there is the matter of probability that we have to take into account. There is nothing unusual about a personal eating normally. You mention extreme caloric reduction which is not normal but still within the probable. Staying hungry is not the same as saying one hasn’t had anything to eat or drink for 70 years. The probability for that assertion is very low (unless proven otherwise).

There is no point talking about photosynthesis or any other scientifically-established living process. Every plausible concept needs at least one leg to stand on. Here we have none. Only conjecture. And we can’t build a foundation on only imagination, now can we?

Finally, there is the point about weight. I have no reason to think that the scientists either did or did not measure the weight. That would be guessing. What I do know is that it was not reported which is what is known from reading the preliminary report. I can only comment on what is reported and what is known. And ask yourself this, suppose it was taken, why wasn’t it mentioned?

I agree that we only know what has been discovered, but science has progressed quite nicely following a set way to establish and test hypotheses. Of course these methods aren’t perfect, but I would argue they are the best we have.

Thanks again for reading. Take care.