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NancyLebovitz comments on The Thyroid Madness : Core Argument, Evidence, Probabilities and Predictions - Less Wrong Discussion

10 Post author: johnlawrenceaspden 14 March 2016 01:41AM

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Comment author: Gram_Stone 14 March 2016 11:05:47AM *  2 points [-]

Post 2 of 3 was virtually ignored; post 1 got a lot of votes. My guess is no one with a modicum of medical knowledge has looked at it, so they up voted to increase the post's visibility because you're open to criticism and they're curious, then they had no reason to up vote the second time. Like CronoDAS said, it would be cool to have Sarah Constantin look at this. Or maybe Scott Alexander, though he's not an endocrinologist.

This also seems like exactly the sort of thing NancyLebovitz has been looking for.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 14 March 2016 03:43:39PM 2 points [-]

Not only is it the sort of thing I've been looking for, I've linked it at SlateStarCodex.

However, looking at the lack of response, I think want this sort of well thought-out material, I also want well-thought out material which leads to good conversation. This may be a harder thing to define.

Comment author: johnlawrenceaspden 15 March 2016 03:25:25AM 1 point [-]

I am flattered again. Why have you been looking for this sort of material, and how do you define 'this sort'? I will be happy to optimise for good-conversation-provoking-ness. I am seeking argument. I want people to tell me what I have missed.