Gary Taubes

From one piece RFK Jr Gives the NY Times Reason to Write About Keto and Schizophrenia. Good News? 2 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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  The correct statement of the evidence on keto diets for schizophrenia is that a cure may be possible, even if that seems unlikely.

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  Still, the correct statement of the evidence is that a cure may be possible, even if we might personally consider that to be an unlikely possibility.

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  If a scientific controversy exists, there is credible evidence; saying there is none misreads the evidence or defines credible as agreeing with you.

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  If there is a controversy, then there is credible evidence. It may not be compelling enough to believe the minority view, but to say “there is no credible evidence” is always to either misinterpret the existing evidence or to implicitly define the word credible as meaning that which agrees with my preconceptions.

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  Encouraging people with diabetes to try ketogenic diets and minimise drugs gives the most benefit to the most people; long-term drug therapy is the bigger worry.

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  I’ve come to believe that this approach will provide the most benefit for the most people. I worry about the complications of long-term drug therapy far more than I do long-term Medical Nutrition Therapy, provided, of course, that the MNT approach used is the correct one.

  Diet or Drugs for Diabetes? Which Comes First?uncertaintyprinciples.substack.com

From one piece Signs of Bad Science 5 beliefs, in the piece's order there

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  Where evidence is ambiguous, faith that something meaningful will be found becomes the currency researchers need to keep going.

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  On the front-lines, though, where the evidence is de facto ambiguous, faith that something new and meaningful will be discovered becomes the currency necessary to make progress.

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  Acting on weak evidence risks degrading the norms of scientific rigour, and the whole scientific enterprise absorbs the cost.

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  Acting on weak evidence can feel justified in the moment, but it risks degrading the norms of scientific rigor. If ambiguous data are treated as sufficient to declare harm—or safety—the entire scientific enterprise absorbs the cost.

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  The more important the science, the more researchers tend to lower their standard for a strong enough signal, when it should be the opposite.

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  A critical point is that the more important the science, the more likely researchers are to lower their standards for what constitutes a “strong enough” signal. It should be the opposite.

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  A range of studies from many places and methods showing the same result does not necessarily make a strong signal.

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  I do not believe that a “range of studies, from a range of places, using a range of methods, consistently showing a certain result” necessarily constitutes a strong signal. I would assume the opposite.

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  It is human nature to overinterpret evidence, and the hardest part of science is not doing so.

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  As I learned, it’s human nature to overinterpret evidence; the insanely difficult part of science is not doing so.

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