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The author lost me when it left out the mention of Ancel Keys cherry picking data to support his hypothesis that fat is bad, and then noting off-hand that he li
by tchock23 10y ago
The author lost me when it left out the mention of Ancel Keys cherry picking data to support his hypothesis that fat is bad, and then noting off-hand that he lived to be 100 (somehow validating his hypothesis?)
Poorly written article that felt more like a defensive hit piece (e.g., dedicating eight paragraphs to destroying the credibility of Sylvia Tara) than something that sought to answer the question posed by its title.
- emmanuel_1234 10y agoTotally. He comments on well documented pieces of work (at least Taubes', I'm not familiar with the other one) and discard huge part of them without bringing any evidence whatsoever (he even seems to admit that his wife is the expert on the topic of understanding statistics!). I like Taubes work because he's thorough and refutable (notably in refuting a lot of other studies). Doesn't mean he's always right, but I've yet to see arguments against his work that are as sound as the one he brought to the table.
- naasking 10y ago> and then noting off-hand that he lived to be 100 (somehow validating his hypothesis?) Longevity like this is virtually all genetics, so it wouldn't validate any such hypothesis.