TenaceErbaccia
TenaceErbaccia t1_j1n5tg9 wrote
Reply to comment by No-Contribution-7871 in Childhood body mass index is unlikely to have a big impact on children's mood or behavioural disorders by giuliomagnifico
Scientific rigor is objectively important. All good science is viewed through the lens of skepticism. I am in complete agreement with that.
Buckets of salt is probably undue skepticism for lab experiments though. All things should be checked, some aren’t. Science does reward work that shows flaws in previous work though. I don’t believe headlines, but if I read a research article and the methods and results seem reasonable then I’ll believe it until other data contradicts it.
TenaceErbaccia t1_j1n1nb4 wrote
Reply to comment by No-Contribution-7871 in Childhood body mass index is unlikely to have a big impact on children's mood or behavioural disorders by giuliomagnifico
There is a difference in what kind of rigor can be expected though. Well over 90% of biology, chemistry, and physics experiments are controlled and replicatable. Social science data is a lot less clean cut.
TenaceErbaccia t1_j8mpnzf wrote
Reply to comment by lupuscapabilis in Study finds link between ‘free sugar’ intake and cardiovascular disease by YoanB
It’s not people that ignore it so much as people who were never educated about reality. The type of people that believe diet soda, gatorade, and vitamin water are health drinks. Marketing and pushing sugar addiction has really done a number on people.