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Everyone who reads an article in the press about health and nutrition should be required to watch this video, Science for Smart People -- a presentation by Tom
by wvl 15y ago
Everyone who reads an article in the press about health and nutrition should be required to watch this video, Science for Smart People -- a presentation by Tom Naughton, who wrote and directed the movie "Fat Head". It is a brilliant deconstruction of bad science and the bad journalists that report the bad science, in the context of health and nutrition.
One of many points he makes is the ridiculousness of reporting on miraculous health claims that have only been shown to work on rodents.
The video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1RXvBveht0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1RXvBveht0
And, I just submitted it to HN:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2635326 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2635326