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TheAltar comments on Open Thread Feb 22 - Feb 28, 2016 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Clarity 27 February 2016 07:21:47AM 0 points [-]

What do you think is the relative advantage of LessWrong in nutritional advice for a specific medical problem over generic net info or your doctor? Not criticizing the choice, this isn't a rhetorical question and I might have done something similar, I'm genuinely curious.

Comment author: TheAltar 01 March 2016 02:39:08PM 0 points [-]

The signal to noise ratio on some advice topics is absurdly bad on the internet overall for vitamins/minerals and general health topics (exercise, diet, etc.). A few people around here have actually made the effort to study them in-depth and have gotten much better information than would be readily available otherwise. I'm primarily thinking of Scott's wheat, fish, and Vitamin D posts at this point, though I've seen others around here in the past.