Authoritarianism
136 sourcesRay 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.
Key Positions
- Criticized authoritarianism in science, medicine, and politics equally
- Saw mainstream medical orthodoxy as suppressing beneficial therapies
- Drew connections between biological vitality and political freedom
- Influenced by Reich, Illich, and Goodman on institutional critique
- Viewed research funding structures as shaping consensus in harmful ways
- Believed regulatory capture by industry harms public health
- Advocated for individual autonomy in health decisions
Sources
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Academic authoritarians, language, metaphor, animals, and science
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Adaptive substance, creative regeneration: Mainstream science, repression, and creativity
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Aging Eyes, Infant Eyes, and Excitable Tissues
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Alzheimer's: The problem of Alzheimer's disease as a clue to immortality - part 1.
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An Interview With Dr. Raymond Peat Part I & II - by Karen Mcc et Matt Labosco, Greg Waitt, Wayde Curran, and Mariam
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An Interview With Dr. Raymond Peat: Negation - by Karen Mcc
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An Interview With Dr. Raymond Peat: Organizing the Panic - by Karen Mcc et Wayde Curran, Eti Csiga and Tyler Derosier
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BSE ("mad cow"), scrapie, etc.: Stimulated amyloid degeneration and the toxic fats.
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Bone Density: First Do No Harm.
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Coconut Oil.
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Estrogen and Osteoporosis.
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Estrogen, memory and heredity: Imprinting and the stress response
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Estrogen, progesterone, and cancer: Conflicts of interest in regulation and product promotion
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Functional Performance Systems Blog - Rob Turner
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Genes, Carbon Dioxide and Adaptation
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Herb Doctors: Serotonin, Endotoxins, Stress TRANSCRIPTION
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How do you know? Students, patients, and discovery
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I Choose Ice Cream - Geneviève
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Intelligence and metabolism
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Natural Estrogens
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Pathological Science & General Electric: Threatening the paradigm
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Peatarian Email Depository
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Physiology texts and the real world
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Progesterone, not estrogen, is the coronary protection factor of women.
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Regeneration and degeneration: Types of inflammation change with aging