RE: I've made a new video against low-carb diets
April 18, 2022 at 12:18 pm
(This post was last modified: April 18, 2022 at 12:28 pm by arewethereyet.)
(April 18, 2022 at 12:13 pm)FlatAssembler Wrote:Considering how often you ask what someone means when they respond to you, I would guess that your linguistics training hasn't been all that successful.(April 18, 2022 at 11:49 am)LadyForCamus Wrote: Yes, it would be unethical, and no, we don’t jump to a scientific conclusion in the absence of better information. That’s the opposite of how science works. We say “we don’t/can’t know for sure.” Especially considering the fact that not everyone with elevated LDL levels will eventually develop heart disease. That’s why it’s not scientific to say “food X causes disease Y.” We normally say nutrient X can raise bio markers that are associated with certain disease risks. If I eat one coconut, will I develop heart disease? Two? One a week for six months? Three a week for six months?
If we say "We don't/can't know for sure.", then we basically say we do not know anything, since there is hardly anything in science we know for sure. What do you mean not everyone with elevated LDL levels will eventually develop heart disease? That is, as far as I understand it, true only because there are other causes of death, such as cancer and car crashes, that might kill us before we had a chance to develop heart disease. But one cannot live into the old age with elevated LDL levels, right?
(April 18, 2022 at 7:25 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Nah, you don’t.
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Well, I certainly understand how science works better than the vast majority of the people, since the vast majority of people have never published a scientific paper and I have.
(April 18, 2022 at 10:50 am)arewethereyet Wrote: How does studying linguistics lead to 'expertise' in the health benefits, or lack thereof, of coconuts?
It does not, but it familiarizes you with how science works.
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