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I despair at all the broscience and dangerous advice in this thread.
by SandB0x 13y ago
I despair at all the broscience and dangerous advice in this thread.
- ibdknox 13y agoInstead of a contentless dismissal, can you provide us some information that supports your claim?
- lfuller 13y agoIn science - especially health science - it is not the responsibility of the skeptic to prove that a particular theory is wrong, rather it is the responsibility of the person making such claims to substantiate them.
- ibdknox 13y agoSure. Where do we derive most of our knowledge as individuals? From anecdotes from others. Is that science? No, not at all, but it's where science often starts. It's a preliminary experiment to at least find out some idea of what may be possible. While not repeated, peer reviewed, or verified in any meaningful way that doesn't make this useless. The OP walked into a room full of very curious people and called them idiots without any attempt at enlightening them on what statements or assumptions might be wrong. In what way is that helpful? HN is not a peer-reviewed journal, it's a place for discussion and he detracted from that discussion. Instead, I was hoping he might provide something meaningful that we could consider in trying to process this anecdote.
- millerm 13y agoGreat answer. Sounds like I'm reading the words of a true skeptic.
- gnu8 13y agoWould you please identify some of the dangerous advice? I'm not sure of what exactly broscience is.
- joshguthrie 13y agoIsn't the term "broscience" sexist and exclusionary to women? (Just kidding, no need to downvote this to hell and back)
- venomsnake 13y agoThe majority of posts in this thread are anecdotal and personal experience. But they are strikingly similar and very close to the experience of the author in the original article. It almost feels like the experience is reproducible.