Re:Don’t Take Your Vitamins
by eru on Sunday June 09, 2013 @08:07AM
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A few broad facts are well known, but our knowledge is still quite limited.
> A principle of entrepreneurship is that whenever a bet yields either positive or neutral results, you should do it. Why shouldn't this principle be applied to such an important area as our health and wellness?
It's not only positive or negative expected value, but rather that the uncertainty (i.e. variance) outweighs the expected value of almost all detailed propositions.
After you took care of the simple and uncontroversial things, e.g. adequate amount of calories, enough iron etc, there's not too much we know how to optimize in general.
> A principle of entrepreneurship is that whenever a bet yields either positive or neutral results, you should do it. Why shouldn't this principle be applied to such an important area as our health and wellness?
It's not only positive or negative expected value, but rather that the uncertainty (i.e. variance) outweighs the expected value of almost all detailed propositions.
After you took care of the simple and uncontroversial things, e.g. adequate amount of calories, enough iron etc, there's not too much we know how to optimize in general.