I recently wrote a blog about organic food not being better for your health that went a little viral https://medium.com/@gidmk/organic-food-isnt-better-for-your-health-93a35584639d … 2/?
But hedging around to make sure that no statement you'll ever make could be considered wrong helps no one. In my opinion, it just adds to public confusion 12/?
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Take the Daily Mail. They cheerfully print total garbage as if it were God's Own Truth. In response, you often see scientists taking a bland, neutral position 13/?
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I'm not saying you have to be certain of everything. But being reasonably certain - based on the best current evidence - is totally fine 14/?
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Anyway, just some thoughts. I'm wrong all the time. I try to be honest about it when I am. I feel like that's more helpful than trying to be 100% right by dodging affirmative statements until I never say anything definitive at all
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P.S. This is NOT true IN ANY WAY for scientific publications. I think science encourages a culture of pedanticism, or maybe we're all just weird people, but regardless everything you say has to be 100% supportable or it's all wrong otherwise reviewers will be mean to you
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