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very much one of those things that people highly steeped in scientific method would often say, "why? if the pills contain the identical chemical compounds why
by zzzeek 3y ago
very much one of those things that people highly steeped in scientific method would often say, "why? if the pills contain the identical chemical compounds why would it be different" ?
See also: "a calorie is a calorie", "organic produce is useless", etc.
- InSteady 3y agoThis is a valid point. And it is a valid (and very important) question, for a scientist. However, there is an obvious answer that needs a ton of investigation. The "container" of a vitamin C pill vs a citrus fruit (or any vitamin C rich vegetable) vastly different. And in both cases, they are interacting with a system that has a mind-numbing number of variables, most of which are only poorly understood if even accounted for at all. But ignoring all those microbiome + immune/endocrine system + (human) cellular metabolism variables, I pose this question in response: The ammonium nitrate in human urine and TNT explosives is chemically the same. Why would it have any different effect regardless of the form?
- vasco 3y agoSure but you know how you look at science from 100 years ago and you realise a lot of things were wrong? The scientific method ensures we approach the truth bit by bit, but doesn't prevent misteps or partial information. So one can be more sure about some things than others. A calorie is a calorie is more "fundamental" science than "is eating an orange the same as eating a pill", so I trust that more. Because the fact of the matter is that some % of the things we know of today as true science will be proven false later, since that has happen since the dawn of time, and it's hard to know which ones.