Peat Archive

Ray Peat's intellectual interests extended well beyond biology into philosophy, politics, and the sociology of science. He was deeply critical of authoritarianism in all its forms — political, medical, and scientific. He saw authoritarian tendencies in the way mainstream medicine dismisses alternative perspectives, in how research funding shapes scientific consensus, and in how regulatory bodies sometimes serve industry rather than public health.

Peat drew connections between biological vitality and political freedom, arguing that a society's health and its tolerance for independent thought are related. He was influenced by thinkers like Wilhelm Reich, Ivan Illich, and Paul Goodman, and he saw the suppression of metabolic and hormonal therapies as a form of institutional authoritarianism that harmed public health.