NancyLebovitz comments on Critiquing Gary Taubes, Part 1: Mainstream Nutrition Science on Obesity - Less Wrong

13 Post author: ChrisHallquist 25 December 2013 06:27PM

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 27 December 2013 05:53:22AM 4 points [-]

Sorry, I clearly misunderstood your point.

On the other hand, I'm not sure what your point was. Would you be willing to expand on what you meant?

Comment author: jaime2000 28 December 2013 01:20:22AM *  11 points [-]

ChrisHallquist claims that Taubes is attacking a misrepresentation of what mainstream nutrition experts actually believe. Eliezer met an endocrinologist, and she just happened to spout horrible advice of the kind Taubes attributes to the mainstream. This is more likely to happen in worlds in which Taubes is correct about such advice being widespread among the mainstream than in worlds in which Taubes is exaggerating the spread of such advice.