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I have to argue against this - humbly as an expert with several degrees in microbiology, immunology, genetics, host-pathogen interaction, university lecturing,
by janeway 3y ago
I have to argue against this - humbly as an expert with several degrees in microbiology, immunology, genetics, host-pathogen interaction, university lecturing, etc. The genetic basis of immunology is amazingly complex. To assign 90% autoinflammatory type disease triggered by pathogens is an unfounded assertion. There are many strong examples of monogenic causes of complex phenotypes, while separately the clinical microbiology explanation of many diseases is also perfectly clear. I am certain that there will be many pathogen triggers, as you say, but the number 90% does not make sense based on the last 100 years of the science.
- SQueeeeeL 3y agoDon't you realize this is hacker news and baseless overconfident claims by random code bros that use "intuition" to argue against well established scientific knowledge trusted by domain experts is mandatory
- coldtea 3y agoIt's also healthy. "Established scientific knowledge trusted by domain experts" shouldn't be taken for a gospel, even if you're not a domain expert.
- SQueeeeeL 3y agoAhh yes, and random 23 year olds who in aggregate thought crypto made economic sense are definitely the crowd who we should trust to point out meaningful holes in that gospel
- catchnear4321 3y agono. but there shouldn’t be gospel.
- coldtea 3y agoWell, if that kind of simplistic strawman argument is what defends the "scientific consensus", we could do with less of it...
- not_a_shill 3y agoI agree with the general idea, but you should at least state the foundations of your beliefs when you do that though. There has to be some logical training of thought going on.