Randy_M comments on Critiquing Gary Taubes, Part 4: What Causes Obesity? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: timtyler 05 January 2014 11:15:30PM *  0 points [-]

One other point I should make: this isn't just about "someone" being wrong. It's about an author frequently cited by people in the LessWrong community on an important issue being wrong.

Not experts on the topic of diet. I associated with members of the Calorie Restriction Society some time ago. Many of them were experts on diet. IIRC, Taubes was generally treated as a low-grade crackpot by those folk: barely better than Atkins.