Are You Aware That Even ONE Observation or Experiment That CONTARDICTS A Hypothesis Is Enough Evidence To Dis

Question

A scientific hypothesis is NOT like a sporting event where the team with the greatest number of points wins.


Are you aware that even ONE observation or experiment , ONE proof against a hypothesis , ONE proof that can not be denied is enough evidence to DISCARD THE HYPOTHESIS???


And guess what people? The Lipid Hypothesis is filled with observations AND experiments that contradict it

Answer 1

Of course, that is very true.
You need to also mention that for a similar reason , no hypothesis can ever be considered true, because there may be an experiment that will one day prove it false.

The hypothesis if somewhat accurate, will lead , to building a model of how something works. The model then allows the experimenter to make predictions on what will happen, in situations/. If the model is a good design, the predictions will help refine the theory.

If you are referring to the Lipid theory and its relation to heart disease, you are correct, it is full of holes, but that is overlooked because the drug companies are the the ones who fund the research, If you don't have an experiment that proves their drugs help heart disease , you won't get any money.
So the evidence is biased from the start.

Answer 2

The hypothesis states that there is a correlation between saturated fats and their cholesterol and heart disease, not that saturated fats and cholesterol will cause heart disease. There are observations (or people) that contradict the theory but there are millions of observations that support the theory.

It's all to do with probability, body physiology and biochemistry.

Its similar to the statement 'smoking causes lung cancer'. You could smoke 40 a day and not get it... its all down to probability.


Razwell.... you write "To the guy right below my first writing there are NOT millions that support it. YOU are OBVIOUSLY VERY UNfamiliar with the reserach."

It is you who doesn't understand. I didn't say there were millions that support it. I said there were millions of OBSERVATIONS that support it. You only have to look at the stats for CHD to see the correlation.

Neither did I (or the research for that matter) say that lipids cause CHD. There is a risk factor linking certain lipids with CHD as well as other diseases. It is a factor more relevant to some individuals than others. Why there is a different risk to some than others is not understood.

Answer 3

The Lipid Hypothesis DOES propose that LDL causes coronary disease.

This is FALSE.

There also is NO ASSOCIATION


Ancel Keys Seven Nations Study CONTRADICTS the Lipid Hypothesis


WITHIN nations any association disappears. There is NO ASSOCIATION



SEE HERE

From The Great Cholesterol Con by ANTHONY COLPO


"The Cretans had an average serum cholesterol level of 202 Across Greece on the island of Corfu cholesterol levels were 198 yet coronary coronary deaths were 5 times greater Corfu than Crete.


In Crevalacore and Montegiorgio two different districts in Italy mean serum cholesterol levels were identical yet deaths from coronary heart disease were 2.5 times higher in the former than the latter


In Rome Croatia and the Netherlandsa CHOLESTEROL ALSO SHOWED NO RELATIONSHIP WITH CHD MORTALITY. As with saturate dfat cholesterol levels WITHIN nations were NOT a reliable indicator of heart disease risk."

Answer 4

What is your alternate hypothesis, Michael M, that better fits the observed facts? Are you proposing that no matter how much lipids a person consumes, it will have no effect on the health?

I wish to see what wisdom and knowledge you can add to my understanding of this issue.

With incense burning, awaiting enlightenment by the great Michael,

Tim.

Answer 5

I think you're missing the point...

All people are not created equal. Case in point, my great aunt Willie.... she smoked and drank and ate fried foods, fatty foods, cholesterol laden foods ALL HER LIFE. She lived to be 97 and died from falling off of her roof. We think she was sweeping pine needles off of her roof when she slipped. Even so it took her three days to die even though she never regained consciousness.
The lipid hypothesis doesn't mean that if you eat a diet high in cholesterol you will have a heart attack....
It means that there seems to be a connection between heart disease and and high fat diets.