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[โ€“] Cethin@lemmy.zip -2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

People still eat their carrots thinking it improves their vision.

I mostly agree with you, but but I haven't seen evidence either way saying it doesn't have this effect.

[โ€“] Zozano@lemy.lol 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Just because something hasn't been proven one way or the other doesn't mean you should just believe either of them on a whim.

It's totally okay to hold beliefs tenuously and then not feel attached to them when they're proven wrong.

It happened to me here in this thread. I stated cows milk leeched calcium, but it doesn't, I was misinformed. There's no shame in admitting I was wrong, but it reminds me to be more cautious about assertions of fact in the future.

I don't want to be wrong any longer than I need to be.