Re:Running 50km after 82h of fasting
by maxerickson on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @12:34PM
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Should the talking to a doctor disclaimer come with a disclaimer that you should first make sure your doctor is competent?
And a disclaimer to make sure that the person reading the comment is competent to assess whether their doctor is competent?
And a disclaimer that there may be errors in the disclaimers, so think for yourself a little bit?
Personally, I'll take an article like this one where the author doesn't much represent any of it as advice over an article that claims to give a bunch of advice but qualifies it with a disclaimer that it might not apply, check with an expert.
You prefer less boilerplate in this situation, I prefer more. I consulted to law firms, perhaps you have not. Mythbusters say "don't try this at home" why can't he?
He can, but chooses not to.
Re:Running 50km after 82h of fasting
by unethical_ban on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @01:40PM
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You're not giving enough credit (or responsibility) to readers to say "Hm, I should consider the risks and other considerations before implementing this myself".
No, the context is now reframed as a post on a highly-influential site, this one. The author is now commenting here, which is great.
But "Don't try something like this without at least talking to a doctor, I probably should have" has yet to appear on the post. Therefore I reserve the right to state my objection.