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Upvote for this. The reason people are so quick to distrust real life-saving medical advice (e.g., about vaccinations) is because the medical world spouts with
by pinko 16y ago
Upvote for this. The reason people are so quick to distrust real life-saving medical advice (e.g., about vaccinations) is because the medical world spouts with implied certainty so much garbage that later turns out to be false--nutritional advice being the most obvious example.
- tjmaxal 16y agocould you give a more specific example?
- pinko 16y agohttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1332954 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1332954
- xsmasher 16y agoWhen you talk about "the medical world," do you mean popular news reporting on medical topics? Populars news is frequently wrong or sensational (or both) about science news. A small study about fat absorption becomes "What doctors are saying about your diet - more details at 11." That's not the fault of "the medical world." News orgs are no better prepared to disseminate accurate medical news than they are accurate news about computers and tech.
- pinko 16y agoMuch of the bad nutrition advice of the past few generations (e.g., the food pyramid, "good" vs. "bad" fats, etc.) was regularly propagated by family physicians. That is the very definition of most people's interaction with the medical world.