Seth
Hello, this is Seth’s sister, Amy, with the sad news that Seth died on Saturday, April 26, 2014. He collapsed while hiking near his home in Berkeley, CA. He had asked that any memorial gifts be made to Amnesty International. Thank you to all for following and sharing Seth’s work.








April 27th, 2014 at 7:39 pm
My condolences. I’m stunned; I’ve been reading his blog for awhile and never suspected his health was failing.
I know this is a rough time, but I’d like to ask: if you don’t already know for certain, please preserve any evidence, digital and physical, that might indicate why he died. If it was the result of one of his self-experiments, then I think he would want us to know.
April 27th, 2014 at 7:47 pm
So sad. RIP Seth.
April 27th, 2014 at 8:01 pm
Amy, I’m devastated to hear this news. Seth has been an incredible inspiration for improving my family’s lives. Please accept my condolences.
April 27th, 2014 at 8:47 pm
I am deeply sadden to learn of his death.
Amy, I would like to know if he died of a brain hemorrhage (or other sort of hemorrhage) and what his level of omega 3 intake was. Please fill us in on the medical details.
In October, I emailed him this: “I left a comment because you underestimated your omega 3 consumption by a factor of 10. The denominator is 10 g for flaxseeds, not 100 g.
http://blog.sethroberts.net/2013/10/18/omega-3-and-omega-6-in-common-foods-and-my-consumption/#comment-1152121 ”
[That is, his omega 3 intake was about 13 grams/day]
And he responded with the next day with “thank you for your comment (and the additional info in your email), I took your comment VERY seriously. I have already gone down from 60 g/day to 30 g/day.
But it is not so obvious what to do because if I remember correctly I found that 60 g/day produced better results than 30 g/day. I’m not sure about that however. Maybe I am misremembering. Maybe I will stay at 30 g/day for a while and then see if there is any difference when I go to 15 g/day.
Seth”
April 27th, 2014 at 8:52 pm
Wow. Unbelievably tragic. I’ve always been intriguied by Seth and his ideas. I admired him. I wish you and your family the best in this difficult time.
April 27th, 2014 at 8:54 pm
As others have already written, and I stunned and devastated by this news. I am so sorry for your loss. My condolences to you and your family.
I never got the chance to meet Seth in person, but I learned so much from his writing. What an inspiring person. I am at a loss for words. RIP Seth.
April 27th, 2014 at 9:06 pm
Seth’s creativity, courage, kindness, and integrity have inspired and helped me more than I can say. We’ve lost a very fine man.
April 27th, 2014 at 9:37 pm
I’m absolutely shocked that this happened to Seth. I’ve never met him, just interacted via a few comments on his blog and an email conversation, but I feel like I just lost someone I know. Seth had such a curious, bright mind and was never afraid to challenge the status quo. A great loss…
April 27th, 2014 at 9:46 pm
A very thoughtful and unique person, I’ll miss his insights.
Dragan
April 27th, 2014 at 9:49 pm
I’m very sorry to hear of Seth’s death– he found and pursued a non-standard and useful way of making people’s lives better. I admire his gusto and optimism about how much could be discovered.
April 27th, 2014 at 9:55 pm
I am shocked. I am in shock. I can’t bring myself to believe Seth is gone, and feel like this is some elaborate hoax. Seth has been a dear friend for a long time. My collaboration with him, and my conversations with him, have made a profound impact on my life. His warm companionship, unique intellect, insatiable curiosity, and infinite creativity will be missed. A bit of Seth will live on in me for the rest of my life.
April 27th, 2014 at 10:02 pm
I’m shocked and saddened. RIP, Seth.
April 27th, 2014 at 10:04 pm
I am stunned and saddened too. I found his ideas refreshing and stimulating. I will be missing him and this blog that he kept posting to so often.
Condolences to his family and friends.
RIP Seth.
April 27th, 2014 at 10:25 pm
I’m very sad to hear of this. Seth and I never met in person but we communicated over email regularly and became friends. RIP Seth I will miss our friendship.
April 27th, 2014 at 10:31 pm
I’m shocked and saddened. I considered Seth to be a personal friend, and will miss him.
April 27th, 2014 at 10:51 pm
Thanks for letting us all know, Amy. I’m so sorry for your loss. I am absolutely devastated. Seth made such a huge difference in my life and the lives of so many others, he was an incredibly visionary and forward-thinking researcher. I will truly miss reading his insights & research.
So sad to have lost such a brilliant mind. RIP.
April 27th, 2014 at 11:02 pm
Thank you, Seth, for always listening to us and for helping us. Our thoughts and prayers are with your family and loved ones.
April 27th, 2014 at 11:27 pm
Wow. Just wow. So sorry for your and your family’s loss. I hope you can find some solace that his legacy, heterodox questioning and self-awareness through self-experimentation, touched many tens of thousands of people and made their lives better for it.
RIP Seth.
April 27th, 2014 at 11:38 pm
What terrible news. The world has so few independent thinkers. My condolences to everyone.
April 27th, 2014 at 11:58 pm
It’s hard to think about right now, but I agree: if his passing was related to his heavy omega 3 intake, I think he’d want his friends, acquaintances, and readers to know. I am so sorry for all our loss.
April 28th, 2014 at 12:10 am
This is very sad to hear. A part of me always hoped he’d find a way to hack himself to immortality! Rest in peace Seth.
April 28th, 2014 at 12:13 am
I have been following this blog for a long time. The news is a shock. I thought it was some kind of a joke.
He was always self experimenting to figure out how to fix whatever he didn’t like about himself. I guess whatever this problem was sneaked up on him. It would be useful for all his followers to know what went wrong. I think he would like it as well.
He was a true researcher. We need more people like him.
RIP Seth.
April 28th, 2014 at 12:55 am
How sad to here this news. Best wishes to all those that were close to Seth and his family during this difficult time.