After a moment of clarity recently I’ve written off sprawling internet debates and especially arguments.

They accomplish nothing, people talk past each other, they’re full of logical fallacies and misinterpretation and evidence is typically ignored completely. I am done with them.

Someone like you who I respect and am friendly with I have no issue having a light discussion but I’m not pouring time and energy into these sort of interactions anymore because they are truly a waste of time in my opinion.

I am happy to share this study with you on request and I would never relay information I hadn’t vetted deeply and was confident in: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joim.12251

In my opinion > 99% of studies are absolute garbages. Either corporate propaganda, government propaganda or a researcher seeking funding. But a well executed, randomized, controlled longitudinal study is an exception. Credible studies are few and far between but they do exist. It’s just hard to find them and almost nobody actually dives into methodology to make sure they’re credible.

The sun exposure subject is something I’ve spent a lot of time studying personally and bc of that I am confident that sun exposure is necessary to achieve optimal human health; credible evidence has led me to this conclusion. But spending a lot of time trying to relay this on the internet to others is pointless for me. I know what I know and I’ve done the hard work to figure it out. If others want to do this they can. But I’m out.