Indeed--except maybe cautious, skeptical, holistic and truly empirical Talebian science, but that's pretty rare.
right. well its not really the fault of science...its the empiricism aspect or mixed value placed on such and people that want to pick and choose information to suit their purposes often in the face of actual un-biased and non dogmatic observed information (raw animal food will kill you etc...)
like one doesn't need to quote Heisenberg and refute all recordable information. If you buy a 9 volt battery..the odds are its ~ 9 volts. In the case of say calories..this is not a clear cut system regarding energy perhaps..but its a more useful system than weight for discussing the relations between different types and quantities of foods and our requirements for such.
The problem especially in the health communities is people trying to rationalize all kinds of things with measurements (often after criticizing the very systems that give the measurements!)....like equating one type of 'protein' to another and saying its adequate..or simplifying in other ways regarding what can be measured in a food while simultaneously ignoring the actual physical results in human beings or even what can be scientifically measured there in testing
human tissue/blood/bones etc...
anyway
theres plenty of even standard industrial eaters who have perfect teeth (grains and legumes and soy are fairly high in phytic acid)..but very few raw foodists with such. In some cases I'd surmise it has to do with internal stuff/'detox' or other pre-existing problems more-so than the foods being problematic themselves. but likely its both. like Nagel's info its likely also a deficiency of quality nutrients neglected even by some raw animal food eaters. But again looking at standard industrial eaters..its likely far more to do with excesses of these [modern] raw foods which seem to create a poor internal environment..despite what ancestors
might have potentially eaten healthfully or whether theres a specific element to be isolated within that food. its kinda similar to the 'fructose' thing which completely misses the point on whether one digests/assimilates lots of modern fruits well or if these breed all kinds of problems too despite their positive vitamins or whatever.
