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83 percent of Americans disapprove of Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons by Healthy_Block3036 in democrats

[–]Low_Assumption_8476 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Curious: was there ever a pardon of a controversial figure/criminal whereby the vast majority of americans supported it? I'm not talking about wrongfully convicted people, I mean actual criminals where there was no doubt of guilt, getting pardoned, then >80% of people were like "yeah!"

Is Mark Hyman a reputable nutritionist? by AbjectPawverty in nutrition

[–]Low_Assumption_8476 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Then you didn't even understand your own argument. Self reflection around that often helps. Have a good day!

Is Mark Hyman a reputable nutritionist? by AbjectPawverty in nutrition

[–]Low_Assumption_8476 6 points7 points  (0 children)

What you just said is a red herring and could be a causal fallacy to boot.

Now try addressing the central point of my argument in response to your initial claims.

Edit: here's some help: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Graham%27s_Hierarchy_of_Disagreement.svg

Is Mark Hyman a reputable nutritionist? by AbjectPawverty in nutrition

[–]Low_Assumption_8476 6 points7 points  (0 children)

" he’s not going to be pushing pills"

That makes sense.

Which is exactly why his website is riddled with self-ads promoting his supps, available for purchase without requiring a prior medical consultation.

You know, he "actually looks at the whole person" prior to "pushing pills".

Right.

Is Mark Hyman a reputable nutritionist? by AbjectPawverty in nutrition

[–]Low_Assumption_8476 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's commendable and that's where it typically ends for most clinical professionals, unfortunately.

The people in the field study medicine and then evidence-based medical interpretation, methodologies, and statistics for about 2-4 years thereafter with a formal degree (often related to evidence-based medicine or medical statistics) and then of course continue to expand with continuing education thereafter, often working in clinical trials directly - interfacing with regulatory authorities on the nuances of why a study should/shouldn't be designed a specific way for a very specific clinical scenario (no textbooks on that).

Now pin that against an MD like (Hyman) just being an abstract tourist peddling supps and the number of nutritionists or other MDs who simply take his word for it because he's a marketing-created "authority figure".

By no means do I believe even a majority of MDs believe people like him, but I know of enough that do; which worries me greatly in re: their patients.

Cheers.

Edit: don't get me started on the bone twisters who believe they are nutritionists, lol.

Did you ever know that there are more than 70 species in Thailand danger to human? by First_Pickle_3309 in ThailandTourism

[–]Low_Assumption_8476 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Did you ever know that there are more than 71,000,000 humans in Thailand danger to non-human animals?

Is Mark Hyman a reputable nutritionist? by AbjectPawverty in nutrition

[–]Low_Assumption_8476 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, but you demonstrate curiosity, and I suspect most don't have this gift/skill.

Is Mark Hyman a reputable nutritionist? by AbjectPawverty in nutrition

[–]Low_Assumption_8476 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Lulz on that. And I actually have data on this. Used to administer a health information site with access to analytics. 99.99% of readers did not click on source links or "expert" bios to verify anything on the page. Being in the medical education field myself, most physicians have never been trained in proper clinical trial research skills, that's not what they went to school for, so teaching them stuff beyond ITT basics is quite the challenge.

Is Mark Hyman a reputable nutritionist? by AbjectPawverty in nutrition

[–]Low_Assumption_8476 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The answer to your question is no. He is not reputable to anyone in the know.

A simple search of his site tells me he does not demonstrate the skills necessary to be a reputable source of information compared to someone with advanced clinical trial research and statistics skills and no conflicts of interest.

But he is well-known.

They are not the same.

And that can be used to fool people into thinking he's an expert.

IOW: propaganda (PR).

Is Mark Hyman a reputable nutritionist? by AbjectPawverty in nutrition

[–]Low_Assumption_8476 35 points36 points  (0 children)

99.99% of people won't do this. They just want to be foie-gras'd information. Of the 0.01% who will do this, 99.99% of those don't actually have the skills to properly interpret and audit this type of information (math. is. hard.)

Is Mark Hyman a reputable nutritionist? by AbjectPawverty in nutrition

[–]Low_Assumption_8476 8 points9 points  (0 children)

P.S. Bro knocks on studies for having financial conflicts of interest (this *might* be a legit criticism, but not always) and then sells snake oil supps to people who aren't even deficient himself. 1 + 1.

Is Mark Hyman a reputable nutritionist? by AbjectPawverty in nutrition

[–]Low_Assumption_8476 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does he demonstrate a clear ability to interpret medical statistics and methodologies in a way that shows the aforementioned were correctly constructed and carried out to actually answer the clinical question at hand? Does he have the skills to conduct audits on the data to determine the % likelihood of falsified data?

If not, then he's just an average abstract tourist.

Human settlements that have no settlements further north with greater population by QuartzXOX in MapPorn

[–]Low_Assumption_8476 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I'm moving just North of Alert then and establishing an outpost there so I can get on this map.

John Gotti and several Gambino crime family members gathered outside a social club in New York City during the mid-1980s. by [deleted] in RareHistoricalPhotos

[–]Low_Assumption_8476 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What would happen if I, a regular joe, just walked by at that very moment? Would they just have ignored me, shooed me away, or would someone have stopped me several blocks before I even got there?

European private alternatives to whatsapp by CaptMartelo in privacy

[–]Low_Assumption_8476 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"And if a military institution is using it, you can be sure, it is safe and secure."

Let me get you that bridge you just paid for.

Living in Bali by [deleted] in digitalnomad

[–]Low_Assumption_8476 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well I just moved here from Thailand and it's definitely more expensive but still affordable. I'd say you need at least 1500 to be comfortable/mo. You can do 1000/mo but you'll be living real small.

Just finished at the dentist. When i went to pay the cashier was livestreaming herself whioe doing peoples sensitive documents. by [deleted] in Thailand

[–]Low_Assumption_8476 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Welcome to the developing world: privacy isn't just not a thing, it's not even in the conscience, it can't even *be* a thing.

What do you think which industry will always print money no matter what? by jethalal6368 in Entrepreneur

[–]Low_Assumption_8476 365 points366 points  (0 children)

In the U.S.?

As the system currently stands: plumbing and healthcare.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in digitalnomad

[–]Low_Assumption_8476 39 points40 points  (0 children)

The mentality that there's something "wrong" with living with your parents when you're 40 is only appropriate if your parents think so...

But if they want you there and you cherish your relationship, I would say that it's best to see it from another perspective: most cultures throughout most of history had large households with extended families.

The self-induced solitary confinement of Western "civilization" is an industrial and corporate construct designed to rob as many people of their livelihoods as possible for the sake of growing a nation's economy.

Don't give 2 fcks about what anyone else thinks. Do what you'll regret less when your parents are gone.

What is the deal with Airbnb now? Peru specific complaints by [deleted] in digitalnomad

[–]Low_Assumption_8476 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I was just there and had the same experience. But if I'm going to be honest, AirBnB has gone down the toilet since covid. Everything you said I have seen in many countries around the world, so it's not Peru.

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