Hall reiterated that we can’t definitively prove any scientific model. Instead, scientists run a series of experiments and make observations. Only if the model stands up to these tests does it become widely accepted. But the most important part of any model or theory is that it should make predictions that, if wrong, will invalidate the model. As much as we all like to be right, good science is about trying to prove yourself wrong. Hall felt that, whether NuSI could admit it or not, important aspects of Taubes’ carbohydrate-insulin model had been shown to be incorrect – the model was too
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