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On my way to pick up some sushi and maki rolls from a nearby restaurant, I encountered this intriguing sign:<\/p>\n

\"lose<\/a><\/p>\n

So, as a scientist, I first thought “Why 21 pounds?” Why not 12, or 15, or 17 and 3\/4? But in looking more carefully at the sign, I realized that the important question–scientifically–is… for how long will I need to fast<\/em> to lose 21 pounds?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On my way to pick up some sushi and maki rolls from a nearby restaurant, I encountered this intriguing sign: So, as a scientist, I first thought “Why 21 pounds?” Why not 12, or 15, or 17 and 3\/4? But … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[710,708,711,709],"class_list":["post-1793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor","tag-fast","tag-pounds","tag-silly","tag-weight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/stevecaplan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}