Tuesday, January 09, 2007

Authority?

Check this link.

It is a list of 15 foods you should eat.

There are plenty of sites just like this, that purport something just as authoritative, and yet, they somehow lack any evidence, any credentials. It must make authors plenty happy when they can say "this is what you ought to do".

Funny that such items, with the possible exception of green tea, aw, heck, let's include that too, are items that you can readily get in an American grocery store. Note how items you've never heard of, say, some exotic fruit, rhizome or vegetable aren't listed.

Imagine if the list contain items that you hadn't heard of. Would you think it useful? Would you think the author mad?

What do these lists even mean?

There ought to be a law!

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