Comments on: 18 – Addressing nutritional bologna with guest Tom Naughton of Fat Head

By: Wes

Wes — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:29:47 +0000

Yes, Larry, confirmation bias seems to be one of the major deterrents to accepting new evidence or controverting established evidence. The old argument from authority is another curiosity killer, as is governmental funding and big corporations with lobbyists on K street who tend to ignore the truth if it doesn’t serve their immediate economic interests. On the bright side, with the free flow of information on the Web the best ideas will eventually rise to the surface and prevail.

By: LarryAJ

LarryAJ — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:12:31 +0000

Sue said “Documentary on good and bad science and reporting would be great.”
YES !!!!
Get Gary Taubes and Tom Naughton to team up on a documentary about how scientists are so parochial, narrow minded and often so egotistical that they become blind to the errors in their theories. Taubes talked about the “cold fusion” researchers, then there is the “lipid hypothesis” of Ancel Keys, and one that is not known by the general public is the suppression of the “Plate Teutonics” theory by the foremost geologist of the time. I am sure there are other examples of things that were not done scientifically or where some expert simply said “that can’t be” and no one dared counter him (the case in teutonics) and thus resulted in wrong conclusions about the physical universe.

If they would do such a documentary, I could see it being used as a required course in ethics for scientists as well as just the general college student.

By: Wes

Wes — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:53:03 +0000

Indeed, Sue, a critical look at various brands of scientific “consensus” would make for another great film by Tom. :)

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:56:05 +0000

Documentary on good and bad science and reporting would be great. Haven’t seen FatHead. Hopefully, it will be released in Australia soon.

By: Wes

Wes — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:11:54 +0000

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it, Gabe.

By: Organic Gabe

Organic Gabe — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:59:08 +0000

Great podcast. I loved it!

By: Wes

Wes — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 05:13:15 +0000

Thanks! Glad you liked it. Of course, we could’ve talked for probably hours longer, but I think we covered the essential bases in this one.

Hopefully, you’ll be able to watch it from across the pond, Tina. Those region codes are ridiculous, imo.

By: Amy Dungan

Amy Dungan — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:53:17 +0000

Great interview guys!

By: Tina Hagar

Tina Hagar — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:15:36 +0000

I loved this interview! I’ve read the info on Tom’s blog too.
I’ve been searching amazon for the movie. I’ve found it and gonna have to import it! I’m not sure on the region it will be recorded in. I think I am region 2 here in the uk.
It’s so hard to get people to believe that fat is good for us. No one listens despite the knowledge i share which seems ‘obvious’ to me now.
I think everyone is tired of me going on about sugar and carbs ha ha.