Jiro comments on A Medical Mystery: Thyroid Hormones, Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jiro 24 February 2016 10:19:04PM 1 point [-]

Sometimes the answer is "You have no evidence". (Or at least no good evidence.)

Of course, if you have no evidence that an accused criminal is guilty, you should assume they are innocent. But if you have no evidence in some medical theory, you shouldn't be assuming the medical theory is true.

Comment author: johnlawrenceaspden 29 February 2016 11:25:02PM 0 points [-]

I hope I'm not assuming it. I certainly don't believe it.