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"Currently taking it with a massive heap of salt as potential biased source" You probably mean a tiny grain of salt. As in: "There is very little meat here, so
by Nifty3929 4y ago
"Currently taking it with a massive heap of salt as potential biased source"
You probably mean a tiny grain of salt. As in: "There is very little meat here, so I'll only need [to take it with] a tiny bit (a pinch) of salt."
- delecti 4y agoMy understanding of that idiom (and how I see it most commonly used) is that the skepticism is proportional to the salt. Slightly suspect things only get a bit of salt and skepticism, hugely unproven things get a lot of salt and skepticism. Given that, an unproven but large claim would need a lot of salt and skepticism Based on the supposed origin of the idiom, I think salt and skepticism being proportional is a bit closer to the original meaning, than them being inversely proportional, though neither is especially close. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grain_of_salt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grain_of_salt
- psychphysic 4y agoThanks for the link! Very interesting read I'd assumed the salt was to make something more palatable seems vaguely right.