> The debate has never been "will consuming less calories than you expend make you lose weight"
Maybe the debate amongst actual doctors and researchers. But, the debate amongst dummies on the internet (social media) CERTAINLY had people arguing that it was somehow about more than the number of calories in and out.
So the debate of the flatness of earth is also not settled based on your measurements of internet sentiment?
I mean, it's certainly settled for me. At the same time, I think it would dishonest to insinuate that there are NOT people claiming the Earth is flat on the internet (Honestly, I don't believe that flat-earthers actually believe that--I think they're all trolling).
So, I don't know. I guess I just wanted to chime in to note that I have seen people repeat this crap about calories.
We should probably stop treating debates among "dummies on the internet" as anything other than noise that muddies up the conversation.
Edit: to be clear, this also applies to comment sections on HN :-)