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by pas 889 days ago
It's probably not lithium.

And despite the initially valid-seeming high hopes for their amazing scholarship, currently it looks that they are too crackpot-y :/

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/7iAABhWpcGeP5e6SB/it-s-proba...

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/NRrbJJWnaSorrqvtZ/on-not-get...

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Out of the edit window, but this seems like a nice summary of the current understanding of the hypothesis: https://manifold.markets/LarsDoucet/will-the-contaminant-hyp...

Will the contaminant hypothesis of modern obesity be judged true by expert consensus before 2032? 8% yes 92% no