you know, I understand the writing technique of using a personal anecdote to launch into a more wide ranging analysis or critique, heck I've used it once or twice my own self, but Monster McCardle really does insist on then bringing it back to make it all about her, doesn't she?
"[O]ne person I know was living basically entirely on oatmeal and sashimi, and working out so many hours a day that she injured herself rather badly, but the weight didn't come off."
Because the Oatmeal, Sashimi & Over-Exercise Until You Hurt Yourself Diet sounds like such a surefire way to lose weight.
Her long essay doesn't really address the side effects of drugs for hypothyroidism. They're pretty dangerous, doctors don't just hand the drugs out to anyone who complains about weight gain.
But she & her friends probably think ANYTHING is better than being overweight! Only POOR people are Fat!
I thought the rest of that sentence was pretty funny. Her claim to cynicism is that she automatically assumes that any effect she notices from a medication is due to the placebo effect.
So she defends drug corporations from all sides, browbeats her doctors into feeding her all sorts of meds, but apparently doesn't actually think that any of those drugs have any effect beyond a placebo?
"When she finally found a doctor who would get her TSH into a normal range, she lost twenty pounds in 2-3 weeks."
In what world aside from those suffering from eating disorders is this a good outcome? Even from the perspective of vapid, ignorant vanity that probably leaves behind a fair amount of loose skin.
I love the bit at the end where she starts raving about "evidence-based medicine." For Megan, anything based on evidence is naturally suspect -- all her critics keep pointing out all this "evidence" that she's wrong and therefore she can't trust the nasty stuff.
you know, I understand the writing technique of using a personal anecdote to launch into a more wide ranging analysis or critique, heck I've used it once or twice my own self, but Monster McCardle really does insist on then bringing it back to make it all about her, doesn't she?
ReplyDeleteThe self-absorption is truly staggering.
My favortie bit of anecdata:
ReplyDelete"[O]ne person I know was living basically entirely on oatmeal and sashimi, and working out so many hours a day that she injured herself rather badly, but the weight didn't come off."
Because the Oatmeal, Sashimi & Over-Exercise Until You Hurt Yourself Diet sounds like such a surefire way to lose weight.
pragmatism 39 minutes ago
ReplyDeleteits irresponsible not to speculate that your organs are revolting against the continual reliance on logical fallacies.
Her long essay doesn't really address the side effects of drugs for hypothyroidism. They're pretty dangerous, doctors don't just hand the drugs out to anyone who complains about weight gain.
ReplyDeleteBut she & her friends probably think ANYTHING is better than being overweight! Only POOR people are Fat!
I am a cynical person who spends a lot of time reading drug studies
ReplyDeleteBut gullible enough to buy the crap sold by Ayn Rand.
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I thought the rest of that sentence was pretty funny. Her claim to cynicism is that she automatically assumes that any effect she notices from a medication is due to the placebo effect.
ReplyDeleteSo she defends drug corporations from all sides, browbeats her doctors into feeding her all sorts of meds, but apparently doesn't actually think that any of those drugs have any effect beyond a placebo?
Her claim to cynicism is that she automatically assumes that any effect she notices from a medication is due to the placebo effect.
ReplyDeleteThat puzzled me a bit, too. If she assumes its a placebo, why does she want it? Was it a placebo for her sushi-oatmeal eating chum?
Oh how I loathe her cavalier use of the word "rather." I know she thinks it makes her sound British, and therefore smart, but it really doesn't.
ReplyDelete"When she finally found a doctor who would get her TSH into a normal range, she lost twenty pounds in 2-3 weeks."
ReplyDeleteIn what world aside from those suffering from eating disorders is this a good outcome?
Even from the perspective of vapid, ignorant vanity that probably leaves behind a fair amount of loose skin.
I have rather many doubts that Megan spends rather a lot of time reading anything.
ReplyDeleteI love the bit at the end where she starts raving about "evidence-based medicine." For Megan, anything based on evidence is naturally suspect -- all her critics keep pointing out all this "evidence" that she's wrong and therefore she can't trust the nasty stuff.
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