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I'm frustrated that they spent very little time investigating the scientific/medical voracity of the claims, and instead focused almost entirely on anecdotes.
by diafygi 12y ago
I'm frustrated that they spent very little time investigating the scientific/medical voracity of the claims, and instead focused almost entirely on anecdotes.
Radiolab used to be great in that almost all the content was about uncovering the awesome science behind a topic. But now they just do mostly "story" or "experience" shows. I used to highly recommend it to my non-science friends as a way to learn about the science behind a topic, but haven't in a while.
- MartinCron 12y agoI have been thinking the same thing about Radiolab for a while. This episode struck me as particularly dangerous and pseudoscientific.
- adpirz 12y agoFor those people looking for some GOOD radiolab episodes, I highly recommend Numbers and Language as entry points.
- gtani 12y agoHere's some first person accounts from HN'ers, including a couple alarming ones: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3525744 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3525744 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5880599 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5880599 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7872130 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7872130
- Multics 12y agoThe first two are speculation, not first person accounts! If you take the third at face value, then the poster is edging toward being a genius, but at the cost of being a little more neurotic. Hardly "alarming".