The fallacy of the ancients. (Reply #22)

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Tue Nov 19, 2013, 09:11 PM

HuckleB (35,773 posts)

22. The fallacy of the ancients.

Now that's an oldie, but a goodie. Uh, it's also worthless. There is no thousands of years of proven efficacy. The plural of anecdote is not data. Stop trying to fool people into supporting a scam, just because you fell for it, too.

PS: http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Appeal_to_ancient_wisdom

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33 replies	Author	Time	Post
The dismal news about supplements. Why bother? [View all]	Addison	Nov 2013	OP
And here my doctor has recommended I take supplements like D3 and such........	djean111	Nov 2013	#1
True . . .	Addison	Nov 2013	#2
WebMD and the Mayo Clinic websites actually do cover lots of supplements, dosage, side effects,	djean111	Nov 2013	#4
Study after study shows no guaranties that they contain what they claim.	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#10
"stop thinking that everything else is bad."	djean111	Nov 2013	#12
IOW, you don't know how to do a legitimate risk-benefit analysis.	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#18
And just how much of that 'evidence' is produced at the behest of Big Pharma	IrishAyes	Nov 2013	#15
And your defense of a scam industry is to offer conspiracy theory BS.	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#19
What I'm relying on is thousands of years of proven efficacy. Not the dubious claims of	IrishAyes	Nov 2013	#20
The fallacy of the ancients.	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#22
Remember too that a lot of this negative press could be funded by Big Pharma	IrishAyes	Nov 2013	#14
Bingo.	djean111	Nov 2013	#17
This is just the worst kind of Internet BS.	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#27
You might be glad to know that hemp seeds offer a higher concentration of D3 than most other	IrishAyes	Nov 2013	#25
vitamins are a somewhat different case...	mike_c	Nov 2013	#29
Dealing with the very best and most trustworthy companies can help, such as	IrishAyes	Nov 2013	#3
If you want nutrition, eat a balanced diet.	longship	Nov 2013	#5
People unable to buy or grow, prepare, and eat whole foods for whatever reason really do	IrishAyes	Nov 2013	#6
Even in the US, most people do not need supplementation.	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#11
Your ignorance of my knowledge does not make me bizarre in the least.	IrishAyes	Nov 2013	#16
You think putting words in the mouths of others shows knowledge?	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#21
In whose mouth did I put which words, pray tell?	IrishAyes	Nov 2013	#24
You put words in my mouth.	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#26
I use Swanson as well, and when these reports about fake supplements came	Nay	Nov 2013	#7
Definitely hard, more or less at different times and situations.	IrishAyes	Nov 2013	#8
I love the idea about comfrey -- may I ask how much you dose yourself with?	Nay	Nov 2013	#9
Contrary to what you'll hear some so-called experts say, many herbals from trustworthy	IrishAyes	Nov 2013	#13
Diet Supplements or Nutritional Supplements: A Ruse by Any Other Name is Still a Ruse	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#23
The Vitamin Myth: Why We Think We Need Supplements	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#28
Vitamins And Mortality	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#30
I'll keep taking my VitD and COq10.	840high	Nov 2013	#31
Vitamin D won't hurt, especially if it's 1000 iu or less.	HuckleB	Nov 2013	#32
I do not understand why so many are convinced that they need to take vitamins.	SheilaT	Nov 2013	#33

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