Finally – my own website! My own podcast! Time to start doing things!
Here’s something I didn’t feel was appropriate to include in my first shiny episode of my shiny new podcast advocating for the power of scientific reasoning: I think there is a such thing as taking things too far.
A downside of learning to think scientifically is that you can get into the habit of not acting on anything if proof is insufficient. And there are plenty of day-to-day situations where you will either not have all of the information needed to make a decision or can’t reasonably get that information. For some things, there may fundamentally never be enough information to satisfy you.
If we had the opportunity to act on perfect information, I’m sure we’d all be making pretty good decisions for the rest of our lives. But the reality is, if you find yourself being bogged down by having to think through every detail of every decision you make, big or small, it may be time to take a breath and let your more intuitive side handle things that are low risk. Just a thought.
But if someone’s trying to get you to buy something you don’t need, it literally pays to turn on the skeptic and really read between the lines!
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Why didn’t I name the company by name? I didn’t feel as though it was necessary – I’m not really here to pick a fight with anyone. As long as you come away from this first episode understanding that studies done in mice don’t necessarily apply to humans, I’m happy with that. I’m really not even saying that you shouldn’t buy their product, or that their product doesn’t work. I’m just bringing to your attention that you have a higher chance of buying something that works if it’s been tested in humans first.
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