<![CDATA[Stories by Sam Westreich, PhD on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@westwise?source=rss-3e891d10f933------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/1*4nozAlFvQvp0f2JkABId4g.jpeg Stories by Sam Westreich, PhD on Medium https://medium.com/@westwise?source=rss-3e891d10f933------2 Medium Thu, 05 Nov 2026 03:15:42 GMT <![CDATA[Debunking a Bad Eggs Take on Medium (And Spotting Some AI Tells)]]>

Even AI can’t salvage this story and correct its inconsistencies.

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Could we get our vitamin C requirement from skin cream?

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Off by over 200 million years. And no one ever mentions the cannibalism.

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The warnings from our teenage years might have been nothing but empty calories.

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It’s pushing misinformation. What the author got right — and very wrong.

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I put a research AI to the test on a topic seeded with past misconceptions. Did it stumble?

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Overkill? Not enough? Another insidious marketing campaign from Big Blueberry?

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No in some places, yes in others — and that’s not even getting into auto-brewery syndrome

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Influencers hawk them, but they may actually be causing, not curing, dementia.

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It’s both true, and not true. Read the nuance before throwing out your cooking oil.

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