You’re right that there’s some resemblance. In fact, I considered calling this “Beware Gary Taubes.” What stopped me? The fact that frankly, I think Taubes is a lot less subtle than Gould. Portraying “low fat” advice as saying eating less fat is a sufficient condition for losing weight is more akin to the creationist portrayal of evolution as saying humans popped into existence by chance.
You’re right that there’s some resemblance. In fact, I considered calling this “Beware Gary Taubes.” What stopped me? The fact that frankly, I think Taubes is a lot less subtle than Gould. Portraying “low fat” advice as saying eating less fat is a sufficient condition for losing weight is more akin to the creationist portrayal of evolution as saying humans popped into existence by chance.
Why is this comment being downvoted so heavily?
(NOTE: parent comment was at −3 when I posted this)
It seems some topics prompt us to vote for truth status. I wonder if reality will bend to our collective beliefs some day.