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This is only the most egregious comment in here, not the only one in general. Someone above is talking about gut microbiome (which we know vanishingly little ab
by icelancer 9y ago
This is only the most egregious comment in here, not the only one in general. Someone above is talking about gut microbiome (which we know vanishingly little about) as being a primary causer, diet is apparently 100% the issue (colinear effects in other populations throw water on this theory pretty hard), plastics are a real problem (no evidence supports this, though there is a significant lag), etc.
Basically no one wants to just say "No one knows, let's keep researching." Everyone has to chime in. That'd be one thing if it was relegated to HN or forums, but it's true in the "scientific" community [1] and the media as well; perhaps moreso.
[1] Of which I am sadly a part of, so don't think I am an anti-science person, just anti-parts of this ridiculous industry.
- kirrent 9y agoI think the thing that's worth remembering about HN is that it's far more of a forum for engineers than scientists. The user base here is very well read, very interesting, a pleasure to interact with, and a lot of the time very obviously technically skilled. They are not, as a general rule, particularly scientifically literate.
- Jedi72 9y agoIsn't that was research is, a bunch of people putting forward various theories which are then subjected to rigorous testing?