"Ron" > wrote in message
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> In article >, "Dutch" >
> wrote:
>
>> "Ron" > wrote
>>
>> >> Maybe some of them do, depending on who pays them. I would add that
>> >> vegetarian advocates are quick to point out weaknesses in the
>> >> methodolgy
>> >> of
>> >> this particular research. Here is an example
>> >> http://www.vnv.org.au/Nutrition/SoyFoods.htm. So obviously more
>> >> confirmation
>> >> bias at work there.
>> >
>> > The net result of this conversation is that is a lot of information the
>> > contradicts. To accept any information on the brain aging and senility
>> > is then a choice.
>> >
>> > Oddly, each of the results confirming or negating the opinions is done
>> > by "experts".
>>
>> Experts form opinions based on limited data. These opinions should be
>> considered and held tentatively, neither accepted holus-bolus nor
>> rejected
>> out of hand. This kind of rational critical thinking is difficult for
>> many
>> people. People are uncomfortable with uncertainity, they tend to want to
>> *know* if it is RIGHT or WRONG.
>
> A false dilemma of providing only two choices. The information is right,
> the information is wrong, or the information is simply just information
> that can be assessed later. I don't know (or the fear of being wrong)
> becomes I don't know, yet.

Then stop assuming that "conventional wisdom" is always wrong.