How do you know what you think you know?

Acg67

This is a serious question.

Many people swear that X supplement works, that skipping breakfast made them fat, that X food is the debbil and has all sorts of deleterious effects etc etc.

But how do you really know that? Using personal experiences (post hoc fallacies)? You heard it from Dr Oz (appeal to authority)? You googled it and found evidence to support your original thought on the matter (confirmation bias)? Or did you do actual objective research leading you to your current opinion on the matter? I'm guessing not too many are falling into the latter category.

So before all the bold proclamations that something works or should be avoided, try doing a little objective research my special snowflake friends, you might be surprised that what you think you know, is just a bunch of nonsense

silvergurl518

:huh:

FoxyMcDeadlift

I DONT WANT TO THINK

DixiedoesMFP

I just think what other people tell me to think.

LindseyAlyssa

But if I stray from our shepherds, the wolves might get me!

WhoTheHellIsBen

Dr. Oz told me.....duh

natesangel

my fitness pal elite told me so it had to be true!

pastryari

Relevant: http://shelf3d.com/AduH3WIdq8g#State Farms commercial 2012 "On the internet" (french model)

taso42

I was quite drawn to epistemology in college.

myofibril

http://www.myosynthesis.com/cliques-certainties

chimp517

I know that rest days make you weak because people on here told me so.

SVCat

I know what I know by trial and error during these past five years. I took a simple plan and have tweaked it to where I know what works for my body and what best sustains it. I may not be where I want to be, but i know what is most effective for me.

sewerchick93

for starters, I don't THINK I know anything, I KNOW what I know because I am an omniscient being

CorvusCorax77

well. i guess i will try anything that doesn't sound too outrageous, and whatever works is worth sharing.

i also like to use those critical thinking skills, and my background in science, to make some educated guesses about what's worth trying.

ETA: this answer only applies to MFP related discussions.

katrwal

me - i'm a huge fan of the "debbil" :drinker:

and i am not a special snowflake. i simply blindly follow whatever pearls of wisdom that drip from OP's...


mouth.

yeah, mouth.

UsedToBeHusky

You know... brains AND abs makes you trouble, you know that right?

AnvilHead

I heard it from a Beachbody coach. I mean, hey, they're "coaches" so they gotta know their stuff, right?????









:bigsmile:

MoreBean13

I just ask around at the gym. Those guys seem to know what they're talking about.

Richie2shoes

I know that I know what works for me. The rest of you are on your own!

Muddy_Yogi

Wait what? Not everything on the internet is true! WHAT THE !!!!!!!!!!!

AnvilHead

I just ask around at the gym. Those guys seem to know what they're talking about.

Especially if they can fit "Zyzz" and "dat dere CellTech" into the same sentence.