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High salt diets == Hypertension and High fat == heart disease are two "scientific truths" that have been propagated for decades and have turned up as bad scienc
by pfarnsworth 8y ago
High salt diets == Hypertension and High fat == heart disease are two "scientific truths" that have been propagated for decades and have turned up as bad science.
I've heard the argument of "all the scientists believe this, so you must be wrong" so many times with these and it turned out I was right. I believe the same will go for other incidents of bad science that most people believe these days.
- graeme 8y agoDid anyone familir with the literature say "all the scientists believe this"?
- reitanqild 8y agoWe've all heard it in school and through major newspaper and TV shows since we entered school. It doesn't matter what the best experts says as long as those picked up by mainstream media and textbook authors consistently agree on the wrong thing.
- graeme 8y agoMakes sense. Just wanted to clarify in order to distinguish from a case like global warming, where there really is expert agreement.
- pfarnsworth 8y agoThere was expert agreement on both high salt and high fat diets for decades.