Arkouda@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoHow much data do you require before you accept something as "fact"?message-squaremessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down11
arrow-up152arrow-down1message-squareHow much data do you require before you accept something as "fact"?Arkouda@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square65linkfedilink
minus-squarethrowawayacc0430@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-215 hours ago If I can find three reputable sources that say the same thing They used to say ALL cholestrol was bad, every doctor said it. But then someone discovered about HDL and LDL Also, doctors used to say smoking doesn’t cause cancer.
minus-squaresnooggums@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours ago Also, doctors used to say smoking doesn’t cause cancer. Doctors paid by cigarette companies said that, and they were in a tiny minority of doctors. There are scientists now who say global warming is a hoax because they have a monetary interest.
They used to say ALL cholestrol was bad, every doctor said it. But then someone discovered about HDL and LDL
Also, doctors used to say smoking doesn’t cause cancer.
Doctors paid by cigarette companies said that, and they were in a tiny minority of doctors.
There are scientists now who say global warming is a hoax because they have a monetary interest.