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#25 Gary Taubes: Is Sugar Slowly Killing Us

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

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I Don't Want to Talk About My Daily Diet

Science was at its height in germany and austria pre world war too. The culture of science began to evaporate with world two. In fields like physics, the leading scientists were european emigres. We didn't embrace these people for their scientific rigor. And now we're dealing with messy humans who think for themselves. Chronic diseases take decades to manifest themselves. You have no idea whether you're right or wrong about your diet. It's almost like they just inculcated what it takes to do reliable knowledge. They justify it by saying there are so many issues out there that don't get dealt with properly.

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