Is natural better than artificial?
Hank criticizes treating natural as automatically good, from disposable cotton bags (2021) to 'natural cancer treatment', which he says means something unproven, ineffective or harmful (2023). In 2017 he wanted Glen Canyon left natural and Lake Powell enjoyed, both at once. John in 2025 called his medicated freedom from OCD and depression unnatural and said natural is not what humans are going for.
Axis: natural is better ... natural is no guide to good
Positions by date: 4 records in 4 videos. The position was refined (2017), never reversed, in these records.
John
| date | how | position | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-23 | first on record | John grants it is unnatural for him to be free of OCD and depression, as it is to be free of pain on Advil, but argues natural is not what humans are going for as a species. | Why Can't I Take My Meds? 00:03:53 |
Hank
| date | how | position | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-24 | refine | Hank wants Glen Canyon to be a natural, unaltered ecosystem and also wants people to enjoy Lake Powell: part of being human is being able to want contradictory things. | I Disagree with Me (Thoughts from Lake Powell) 00:04:53 |
| 2021-08-27 | restate | Thinking cotton is always good because it is natural leads people to put everything in cotton bags and use cotton as if it were disposable. | Is it Better Not to Know? 00:00:51 |
| 2023-12-08 | restate | Hank says 'natural cancer treatment' only ever means something not known to work, known not to work, or known to do more harm than good; otherwise it would include his three natural chemo compounds. | Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? 00:04:25 |
Background
| date | how | position | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-05-03 | background | Hank holds that "all-natural" does not mean healthy and that everything is chemicals. (playful) | 17 Rants in 4 Minutes 00:01:00 |
Timeline notes
- Hank: first recorded event is refine (earlier stance may be outside 2007–2026 or unrecorded)