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> It's possible that the microbiome health really is as important as some people think, but it's also possible that the role is more minor and the changes in it
by dimal 3y ago
> It's possible that the microbiome health really is as important as some people think, but it's also possible that the role is more minor and the changes in it associated with various diseases is just incidental.
You overstate your counter argument. The role of the microbiome in disease is complex and it’s hard to nail down the exact pathology, but the chances of it being incidental is vanishingly small.
- rewmie 3y ago> (...) but the chances of it being incidental is vanishingly small. I think you're misrepresenting OP's claim. OP explicitly stated there's some likelihood the influence is minor, but for some reason you're trying to refute "incidental", which is not what OP claimed.
- dimal 3y agoI agree with much of what was said. My point was that they didn’t stick the landing. They overshot the mark. They did specifically use the word “incidental” so I don’t see how I could be misrepresenting anything.