Comments on: Much more than you wanted to know about COVID and Vitamin D https://www.isegoria.net/2021/02/much-more-than-you-wanted-to-know-about-covid-and-vitamin-d/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Wed, 29 Apr 2026 21:58:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Kirk https://www.isegoria.net/2021/02/much-more-than-you-wanted-to-know-about-covid-and-vitamin-d/comment-page-1/#comment-3361127 Kirk Fri, 19 Feb 2021 01:18:07 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47625#comment-3361127 Recommend that you read the whole thing, and follow all the links…

https://science.slashdot.org/story/21/02/18/2143211/research-linking-violent-entertainment-to-aggression-retracted-after-scrutiny

Social “Science” is generally… Not science. Not as anyone with more than a smattering of exposure to the classical “scientific method” would recognize it.

You go and actually read even the summaries of a lot of what these “newsworthy science” reports, and what you’re going to find is that the “journalist” demonstrates a strong likelihood that they did not read the underlying work, and if they did, they did not understand it. The vast majority lack the actual numeracy to even grasp the outlines of the math involved, and are only able to parrot whatever they misunderstand from the press conference. Which rarely actually reflects the actual studies…

]]> By: Wang Wei Lin https://www.isegoria.net/2021/02/much-more-than-you-wanted-to-know-about-covid-and-vitamin-d/comment-page-1/#comment-3361122 Wang Wei Lin Fri, 19 Feb 2021 00:44:39 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47625#comment-3361122 Dan, The source is irrelevant if the empirical data is sifted through the scientific method. Most of the soft science fields are solid on their statistics.

]]> By: Dan Kurt https://www.isegoria.net/2021/02/much-more-than-you-wanted-to-know-about-covid-and-vitamin-d/comment-page-1/#comment-3361057 Dan Kurt Thu, 18 Feb 2021 17:41:31 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47625#comment-3361057 Scott Alexander is a psychiatrist, not a practicing physician, so consider the source.

Watch this video on Vitamin D and COVID 19:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ha2mLz-Xdpg&feature=youtu.be

]]> By: Kirk https://www.isegoria.net/2021/02/much-more-than-you-wanted-to-know-about-covid-and-vitamin-d/comment-page-1/#comment-3360688 Kirk Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:36:45 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=47625#comment-3360688 Well worth a read…

The author actually “gets” the scientific method, which is amazing in this day and age.

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