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| This is something Dr. Brett Weinstein has referred to as a "Cartesion Crisis". The Idea is that on any given topic, if you look diligently, you can find news articles, news footage, or really any evidence you want to support either side of any issue you can think of. The vast majority of us are in no position to know the facts of any matter, so we trust the people who are talking to the political side we agree with.
The opposite of this, is when personal experience conflicts or agrees with what is being said. When our current president said in the state of the union address that (paraphrasing) we will not increase taxes on anyone making less than $400,00.... and I look at my tax filings, and my taxes went up both in amount paid, and as a %of my income, and I didn't make anywhere near $400,000 then I know there is deception afoot. Now the presenter loses some credibility in my mind. (one example, examples can be found of all politicians doing this)
Similarly, If I were to watch a Youtube video, and it says that going on a Carnivore diet will cause you to gain 40 pounds, or it will increase you Glucose reading significantly, then I know the presenter is questionable at best, Deliberately lying at worst, as both of these things are the exact opposite of what happened when I tried the carnivore diet.
So, as we watch these video's, if the presenter gets the small stuff wrong, from personal experience, then we should not trust them on the bigger claims. If most of the claims align with personal experience, perhaps we can trust them when it comes to claims we cannot verify..
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Bad science = many clicks and headlines
