>As a layperson it feels to me like research in the "megadose on vitamins to prevent illness" area is kind of tainted by the legacy of Linus Pauling You're com

>As a layperson it feels to me like research in the "megadose on vitamins to prevent illness" area is kind of tainted by the legacy of Linus Pauling You're completely right, biochemists and medical chemists know fully well it's tainted by Pauling's late work and will tell you so. If even a small positive effect was missed because of that taint, that's a terrible legacy that led to many avoidable deaths (all the people that suffered or died until the positive effect is finally recognized). We should be better at salvaging such effects from their imperfect creators.