Science and Fact Quoting naysayers go away WE CAN DO IT!

Science has a place here on the forums. So many myths get funneled through fitness and if we just went on hearsay of people without scientific proof to back it, then people would be using/doing methods that are either useless or have no merit.
Lifting a weight with the right body mechanics was scientifically studied to understand benefit and how to prevent injury. Should that be disregarded?
Eating 500 calories a day would seem right since calorie deficit is the gist of weight loss, but there's scientific evidence to show what happens if you followed a program like that.
Science isn't bad. Without it you wouldn't be typing on the computer you currently have. Where people find science bad is when it interferes with PERSONAL STANCES on how they like to achieve goals or success.
The bumblebee is an exception. There will always be exceptions. But in general science usually has the right answers.

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Thanks for this post! It is really encouraging. People always tell you you can't do it, the odds are against you, etc, but WE CAN DO IT! It doesn't matter how many people say no; all it takes is you saying yes to yourself! I love science and definetly think it is important to pretty much everything around us, but there is a lot of crazy "reseach" out there. Really, we have to do what is best for us and take all these reports, findings, and data that is thrown at us and decide for ourselves what we want to do with it. But honestly, another person saying that eating fake sugar will kill me or that corn is of the devil just really makes me feel overwhelmed like "Is there anything out there that is safe?" Science is great, but how we take and interpret science is what often causes problems.

Remember a bumblebee cannot aerodynamically fly it's been proven by science.

Remember a bumblebee cannot aerodynamically fly it's been proven by science. Bumblebees ignores science and fliy around anyway. So don't let anyone or any so called science facts from friends / family tell you that you can't do this. Be a bumblebee and fly fly fly!

Surely you can't be serious?

Not missing the point - I know it was made to encourage people, but we cannot continue this culture of downplaying science just to give a cute anecdote to make people feel better. Evidence-based science already has a poor reputation in the minds of many people who benefit from it daily. It's the kind of mentality that keeps people running back to the "health" store for the latest BS weight loss supplement, or try the dangerous "cleanse" they read about on the internet. It is possible to encourage people and not promote ignorance at the same time.