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what a dumb remark, what does it matter who the host is
by lambdaba 2y ago
what a dumb remark, what does it matter who the host is
- thot_experiment 2y agoIt absolutely does matter?? If you're trying to do reference class forecasting and your class is "a person who is not a CEO" and then you're forecasting based on anecdata of "people who are a CEO" you're not going to get good predictions.
- airstrike 2y agopeople on the show aren't strictly "CEOs" in the truest sense of that word. just to pick an obvious counterexample, Robert Greene is an author, not a CEO, and he was a guest
- throw646577 2y agoThe host in this case is a significant investor in Huel who seemingly fails to mention his relationship to it when bigging it up. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0rwz5xkrg8o https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0rwz5xkrg8o To me it casts any discussion of nutrition on his podcast in a somewhat different, less than neutral light.
- lambdaba 2y agoOkay, but the parent was implying that would discredit the interviewee. One thing I've observed with people that have an important message to disseminate is they are not fussy about what the medium is
- throw646577 2y agoI don't know if it would or would not. But some cynicism feels warranted by association. And then there's the further research you can do: https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/ketogenic-diets-for-cancer-hype-versus-science/ https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/ketogenic-diets-for-cancer-... I dunno. I don't know enough to evaluate this in precise detail. But I do know enough to feel cynicism about extraordinary claims.
- deprecative 2y agoIf you have significant financial interest in a product or service you're not going to bring on someone who will meaningfully oppose that product or service. Therefore anyone who goes onto that podcast, or whatever media, would be selected for.