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Re:WHO advises against use of artificial sweeteners by zouhair on Monday June 12, 2023 @12:13PM (#36295900)
It is quite sad that even in Hacker News are people lacking basic knowledge on how science works.
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Re:WHO advises against use of artificial sweeteners by inversetelecine on Monday June 12, 2023 @01:47PM (#36297807)
It's hard, because sometimes I'm told "The science is settled" then other times I'm told it's always changing.
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Re:WHO advises against use of artificial sweeteners by zouhair on Monday June 12, 2023 @08:38PM (#36303497)
"Settled" does not mean it cannot be tweaked by new information.

It is best explained by Isaac Asimov in his small essay "The Relativity of Wrong"[0].

[0]: https://hermiene.net/essays-trans/relativity_of_wrong.html

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Re:WHO advises against use of artificial sweeteners by whatscooking on Monday June 12, 2023 @02:12PM (#36298263)
Oh we know how it works. Science was bought out by Big industry a long time ago and is as much of a religion as Christianity
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Re:WHO advises against use of artificial sweeteners by zouhair on Monday June 12, 2023 @08:41PM (#36303526)
I don't think this forum is suited to your kind of short sighted opinions. Life is more complicated than your black and white world view.
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Re:WHO advises against use of artificial sweeteners by whatscooking on Friday June 16, 2023 @02:28PM (#36361446)
Except it’s not. Because that’s exactly what happened with sugar. Why are studies funded by Big Food 10x more likely to say sugar is ok? Coincidence, right? Science isn’t as objective as you think.
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