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by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Thu Jun 11th, 2009 at 06:35:18 PM EST
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While I broadly agree with him, I have to say that this is a terribly unconvincing quote. He was put on the spot in the interview, and he's doing precisely what he accuses social scientists/commentators of doing: making up an example and running with it.

His claim would be convincing if he gave an actual example of this, that truly happened. It shouldn't be too hard to take a topic like e.g. the nutritional properties of polyunsaturated fats and to chart over time the various contradictory claims made by various people.

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by martingale on Thu Jun 11th, 2009 at 09:42:05 PM EST
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