> First of all, everyone has their own idea of healthy.
> Second, there are so many different diets, fads, foods, etc to eat or follow that's it ridiculous to even argue one way or another...
> Go with what makes you feel good. The best diet is the one you can follow. Listen to your body.
Don't mistake the presence of disagreement as evidence for there being no fact of the matter. It's of course difficult to make strong claims about complex machines like people without large, expensive randomized studies, leaving the door open for people to argue for whatever preconceived ideas they have. But that doesn't mean there is no answer, nor that you should just do whatever makes you feel good.
That said, yes, these threads are largely useless.
> I would down vote this, but I can't down vote yet.
I don't think anyone can downvote posts (aka articles, links). (At least I can't with 1.6k of karma.) It's just comments you can downvote after you get <s>200</s> 500 karma or so.
Thanks for replying. I figured people wouldn't read into it like that, but what I have learned is that one has to state very explicitly on Hacker News.
I agree with you and I was hesitant to state what I did about that.
Off Topic: I really wish one could not up or down vote anything without requiring a comment in reply stating your reasoning. I think it could lead to much more active and interesting discussions breaking out.
Maybe I was a little harsh stating I would down vote the submission.
> Second, there are so many different diets, fads, foods, etc to eat or follow that's it ridiculous to even argue one way or another...
> Go with what makes you feel good. The best diet is the one you can follow. Listen to your body.
Don't mistake the presence of disagreement as evidence for there being no fact of the matter. It's of course difficult to make strong claims about complex machines like people without large, expensive randomized studies, leaving the door open for people to argue for whatever preconceived ideas they have. But that doesn't mean there is no answer, nor that you should just do whatever makes you feel good.
That said, yes, these threads are largely useless.
> I would down vote this, but I can't down vote yet.
I don't think anyone can downvote posts (aka articles, links). (At least I can't with 1.6k of karma.) It's just comments you can downvote after you get <s>200</s> 500 karma or so.
(Edited in response to BoppreH's comment.)