[legitster]

> Empirical evidence is just too hard to ignore.

Except it's the opposite - empirical evidence is very easy to ignore. Between herding, the replication crisis, and the overall insularity of academia, trust in "studies" has never been lower.

But people still respond very well to demonstrative or pragmatic evidence. Empirically there's nothing special about a keto diet. But demonstratively the effects are very convincing.

[justin66]

People who know anything about the replication crisis are a single-digit percentage of the population. Doesn't help explain the public's attitudes.

[mvdtnz]

People just lived through a crisis in which public health officials were telling them to avoid a deadly virus by using glory holes[0]. Skepticism of institutions is at an all time high for good reason.

[0] https://metro.co.uk/2020/07/23/health-officials-recommend-gl...