The real paleo diet

[Owlie]

Methinks the "debate" is also there because sciency types are obsessed with causality, while journalists trying to make a point just want a good story, and the rest of us just want to stay healthy. So if anyone says anything even resembling "this food is good for you because it's what we ate in the paleolithic" a paleo scientist will cringe at the "because" and proceed to debunk part 2. While the point is rather part 1 "this food is good for you", and the reason isn't particularly important.

As a scientist (or a wanna-be scientist, depending on your point of view), I disagree.

[lph]

Well, that was sort of tongue-in-cheek, because I'm one of them sciency types myself, and I do definitely obsess about causality. Drives me nuts when people use "because" for the vaguest of logical inferences.

[Veronica]

Well, that was sort of tongue-in-cheek, because I'm one of them sciency types myself, and I do definitely obsess about causality. Drives me nuts when people use "because" for the vaguest of logical inferences.

"Because" starts in elementary school. It's the third most common answer students give. The most common is a shrug of the shoulders, followed by "I don't know."

For many students these three answers are all that is needed for effective communication at home.

Veronica