Thread by @ahhite

It's presumptuous (& wrong) to say evidence is "clear" in fields as young as these. This is exactly why we *should* be speaking on this topic: to counter people like you making vastly premature pronouncements about what is clearly *not* "clear." Thread. 1/n @NanciGuestRDPhD

Nutrition as it relates to chronic disease and agricultural management of the food supply as it relates to climate change are (relatively) young scientific fields.

ALL science is tentative & likely to be refuted. This is especially true in young fields of science. 2/n

As for "consensus," at one time, there was "consensus" among 1000s of scientists that: spontaneous generation was a thing; men were smarter than women; white people were smarter than dark skinned people; eugenics (look it up) would make the world a better place; etc. etc. 3/n

I don't think you (or your 1000s of scientists) have a unique epistemological advantage that scientists who determined personality & brain function by the shape of a person's skull lacked.

They were wrong. There's a good chance you & your "consensus" are wrong too. 4/n

A key characteristic of a scientific mindset is to admit 1) that you don't know much of anything & 2) that none of us know much of anything.

The fact that you *think* the science is "clear" in the context of your obvious ideological bias speaks volumes. 5/n

When someone as brilliant as Richard Feynman says, “I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there," it is downright arrogant for you to claim that YOU have the answer to 1) what diet EVERYONE EVERYWHERE should be eating 6/n

& 2) how EVERYONE EVERYWHERE should manage their local agriculture in order to produce the most nourishing food most efficiently with the best environment impact.

Yet you suggest that I have an "agenda," which you snidely imply must be from "industry." 7/n

Well, I do have an "agenda." It is to help people critically evaluate the remarks of people with narrow, elitist, culturally limited notions of how to save the world by creating a top-down, one-size-fit-all notion of the "right" way to eat & manage agricultural production. 8/n

This is particularly important when those who are telling us how to live do so in the name of "helping" us live (their idea of) a better life - while at the same time, blaming us for our own misfortune.

This isn't about science. It is about power & privilege. Just own it. 9/9

[I'll just hang out over here & wait for my "block."]