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Re:Current guidelines for sun exposure are unhealthy and uns... by taeric on Sunday May 22, 2022 @11:05PM (#31474977)
Observational studies are certainly science. Any claim against that is going to be hard to defend.

The mechanism isn't really at question. But just as sun exposure can kill grass, so to can lack of sun. We know that humans don't do photosynthesis, but it seems reasonable to ask if we do get other benefits.

Note. Is reasonable to ask and study. Is not reasonable to just assume the conclusion.

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Re:Current guidelines for sun exposure are unhealthy and uns... by dsizzle on Sunday May 22, 2022 @11:38PM (#31475108)
By "observational" studies I realize you probably just meant studies where they don't manipulate a variable (which, while less than ideal, it is indeed science), whereas I was making a more philosophical point, a la Popper https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/778918-the-belief-that-scie...
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Re:Current guidelines for sun exposure are unhealthy and uns... by taeric on Monday May 23, 2022 @12:01AM (#31475226)
Ah, makes sense. You are correct in what I was referencing. To your point, I would expect most observational studies to be done with the expection of validating understood mechanisms.
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