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Anecdotes Aren't Evidence
- Anecdotes are persuasive but unreliable as evidence; collecting them without rigorous methods misleads.
- The early AIDS reports began as a small cluster of case anecdotes that later revealed a real disease.
Don't Trust 'Natural' Labels
- Avoid assuming 'natural' means safe; appeal-to-nature misleads about risks and benefits.
- Treat supplements like any other product and evaluate evidence and regulation, not marketing.
Modern Drugs Often Start In Nature
- Many modern drugs trace back to natural discoveries; seeming 'unnatural' medicines often originate in nature.
- Ozempic's GLP-1 molecule was discovered in the Gila monster venom.