@robertlufkinmd I think this was the sugar companies succesfully pushing the narrative "fat=bad and sugar=good". But please correct me if this is wrong.
@ylecun Me doing a PhD, not able to reproduce the paper I am interested in due to closed source software (looking at you @ylecun) or because the results were wrong, am supporting this distrust.
Scientists I distrust even more than the "science".
@Strandjunker Milder version of Nazi ideology is always before real Nazi ideology.
But mild versions of Nazi ideology do not always lead to real Nazi ideology.
You conflated necessary conditions and sufficient conditions.
@ylecun@elonmusk But if you care if stuff is truly working (Engineering) and not only true. It is not as clear anymore. It is as if it is not that simple.
@RichardHanania I still love it. I don't do it for the career. If I lose my position, I don't care. For the time they let me do research, I am happy.
Very sad people experience it that differently. I hope they find the help they need and make healthy life decisions from now on.