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> If Franklin was wrong about lightning rods, maybe it would have burned down your house.

Yes, and that is a physical system which has very clear delineated results. Hypothesis: Might burn down houses. Did any houses burn down over a 5 year period? Y/N?

Biology is way more complicated than that. There are many more possible outcomes, and its not as simple as "am i healthier now or not?"

> he's doing a lot of research, experimenting

Oh, is he? Where's his data? What's the statistical significance of his results?



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