Fitness Myths and Why People Hate Facts

Fitness Myths and why people hate facts

In this video I discuss why people are so skeptical of evidence but so willing to accept nonsense and easily persuaded by charlatans

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[ColinDeWaay]

Holy crap the "Dunning Kruger Effect" is so damn true. I was so confident I knew everything about fitness one year into starting. LOL

Sudden urge to buy gold....

[danstarc]

“It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”
-- Mark Twain

[LexesOHara]

"Support your beliefs with church. Support your hypotheses with data." -Layne Norton 2017

[michaelwright]

The problem is that people don't understand probability. They think that if something cannot be "proven" with 100% certainty, it's equally likely that it's entirely wrong. So if 95% of published papers support a theory, people think, "Well it's not 100%, so my nonsensical proposition is just as likely."

[FlyingBlueMexican]

Layne, I’ve recently found your YouTube channel and have been binge watching your videos all weekend. I have finally found a fitness YouTuber I can trust because of your experience and ability to explain so well. I aspire to be like you! You have influenced me to consider studying nutrition in grad school. Thanks so much!

[thecaptain]

This is exactly my life. In my work area I would talk about different ways of doing things, I talk about the pro's and cons. Sometimes I say I don't really know and let's try to find out.
Sometimes there are people who just pick one way of doing things. And they just go: "This is the way to do it, I know it for sure." People tend to go for the second way of talking.
Being overconfident about something can bring some positives. But I guess that's kinda abusing our disability of judging the levels of expertise in people who know more about subjects then we do.

[health-gadgets]

This is an important video everyone interested in health needs to watch. Cheers.

[drbachimanchi]

I am an endocrinologist..I get these situations every day ..
We need science communicators like you.good job.

[CALISUPERSPORT]

Dude I see this so much..in politics, fitness, or even day to day conversations. It's just idiots being swayed by marginally more informed idiots who speak loudly and with confidence. People are petty and just want someone to give them simple answers so they can switch their brains off and follow.

[jschultzf]

People can only understand a few things really well...I COMPLETELY agree with this.

[joevallandingham]

Only half way though this video and it's already one of the best videos I've ever seen/heard. Thanks for this gem, Layne!

[_negentropy_]

LAYNE THIS IS SO RIDICULOUSLY WISE AND SO EFFING APPLICABLE TO 2023. this seriously deserves to be brought out of the vault…or what would 2023 Layne tell 2017 Layne about the current state of charlatan antics and the polarization of beliefs?

[matts]

I’m a little new to the diet and exercise stuff, so I’m a little slow. But what I’m getting from this is that you’re trying to say I need to just buy gold?

[LexesOHara]

I'm sharing this EVERYWHERE. Literally everyone needs to hear this. I can't handle it anymore hahahah

[Jeniffer]

I think he's pointing at Eric Berg, the fraud 😂😂 He's the biggest charlatan. Be careful of him. 😉😀

[joc]

no comment from Thomas de Laurer saying "you nailed it man"?

[ezrihnihoussame]

Dr. Norton, you need to go on the Joe Rogan Experience !!!

[danaso]

I live in a former comunist country, when I was in hightshool one of my favorite teachers told us that for them (i.e.the generation that lived through comunism) the challenge was access to information and for us it will be discerning and choosing the right information.

[plungeparty]

I think the four stages of competence would have went nicely with your Dunning-Kruger point! Thanks for keeping it academic and being a scientist Layne!

[jonnyg]

Facts aren't sexy....simple as that