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I’m reminded of the history of the science establishing the link between cigarettes and cancer. All the same arguments and similar conflicted interests. Took ma

I’m reminded of the history of the science establishing the link between cigarettes and cancer. All the same arguments and similar conflicted interests. Took many decades before the mainstream accepted the linkage and of course the industry still denies the science.

dekhn 5y ago
It gets even better. After the linkage was accepted one of the founders of modern statistics continued to fight against the conclusion of causality: https://priceonomics.com/why-the-father-of-modern-statistics-didnt-believe/ https://priceonomics.com/why-the-father-of-modern-statistics... The similarities to modern public health calculus (around covid), as well as the point that a single smart person can create significant doubt where should not be any (IE, he wasn't operating in good faith), are quite extraordinary.