The piece is unfair towards Bay Area Rationalists, but the critiques of Lumina can stand separate from what the author thinks about LW readers. “Haters gonna occasionally make some valid points” and such. Sometimes people who unfairly dislike you can also make valid critiques.
I think it’s a fair point to note that:
Lumina have not done any clinical trials
They circumnavigated the FDA by classifying it as a cosmetic
They aren’t following best practice guidelines for probiotics (granted I don’t actually know how important that is)
The piece is unfair towards Bay Area Rationalists, but the critiques of Lumina can stand separate from what the author thinks about LW readers. “Haters gonna occasionally make some valid points” and such. Sometimes people who unfairly dislike you can also make valid critiques.
I think it’s a fair point to note that:
Lumina have not done any clinical trials
They circumnavigated the FDA by classifying it as a cosmetic
They aren’t following best practice guidelines for probiotics (granted I don’t actually know how important that is)