[HN Gopher] We need to throw out a mindblowing amount of science...
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We need to throw out a mindblowing amount of science and start
again
Author : lemming
Score : 19 points
Date : 2021-01-26 20:59 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| rpiguyshy wrote:
| saturated animal fat does not, by itself, cause heart disease.
| throwawaygimp wrote:
| driving a car does not, by itself, cause car accidents
| rpiguyshy wrote:
| vaccines do cause autism, as do regular infections and other
| forms of stress. these things also cause chronic fatigue
| syndrome, and the two are intimately related. these diseases and
| many other well known diseases are all basically the same disease
| and they will be resolved in what will be known as the "metabolic
| revolution" in medicine.
|
| the reason why the studies done so far have not been able to find
| a link between vaccines and autism is that they do not take into
| consideration that other things also cause autism. even though
| there is a connection between vaccines and autism, vaccines save
| too many lives for any rational person to want to stop their
| administration.
|
| https://naviauxlab.ucsd.edu/
| amcoastal wrote:
| lmfao
| simondw wrote:
| > they do not take into consideration that other things also
| cause autism
|
| Fortunately, we have figured out how to tease out the influence
| of a single variable among many: test vs. control groups. If
| the sample size is large enough, most variables will average
| out to have the same effect in both groups.
| rpiguyshy wrote:
| there has not been a single _randomized_ large scale study on
| any vaccine that investigates its relationship to autism.
| without that, the bars are too big. and the relationship is
| extremely tiny. from a practical perspective, it isnt even
| worth going after. the studies that have been done so far
| prove that it wouldnt be worth it to stop vaccinations, not
| even close. but they dont definitively disprove a connection.
| they only disprove a meaningful connection.
| JungleGymSam wrote:
| Let's be sure to keep the science that says there are more than
| two genders. Because _that_ is definitely very much science!
| czzr wrote:
| Well, yes, it is. Not sure what point you're trying to make?
| arein2 wrote:
| The point is obvious. This is not science but politics.
| peter_d_sherman wrote:
| I don't agree with everything in this article (I don't disagree
| with everything either), but that being said, I liked the
| following quoted text:
|
| >"By the mid 2000s there was also an extensive body of work on
| the biology behind the gene's function and malfunction. And all
| of this was part of a much wider field of research called
| candidate gene association studies, a methodology that enjoyed
| massive media exposure from the early 90s to the late 2000s as
| biologists identified the genes they claimed were responsible for
| obesity, mental illness, diabetes, addiction, gambling, cancer,
| crime, and numerous other behavioural disorders and diseases.
|
| This was a golden age for high-profile genetics research. Almost
| every week brought another announcement that a candidate gene for
| some social problem or illness had been found. And, these
| announcements concluded, now that the gene causing the problem
| was known and the biological nature of the malady identified, a
| cure was surely close. Grants were funded and biotech companies
| were launched, billions of dollars were invested and exciting new
| technologies were trialed, all based on candidate gene
| discoveries.
|
| _And none of them worked because all of this was bullshit._ "
| arein2 wrote:
| Some time ago corruption was direct. Now a lot of corruption and
| business is done trough "science".
|
| If any science is related to politics or there is some
| business/financial incentive I just assume it's skewed.
|
| Take for example the harvard study that is responsible for the US
| obesity. The study found that sugar does not make you fat,
| because of food conpanies.
|
| Or the guy that discovered the ulcer cause and cure. It was
| ignored because the fake ulcer treatment industry was a multi
| billion dollar one.
|
| The "I F***g LOVE science" guys that will beleive anything,
| because SCIENCE are the worst
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