Hello listeners and welcome back to the show.

This week I would like to talk about some interesting, I'll be kind and call it pseudoscience, that I saw in my Instagram feed.

The back story to this ties in nicely with what is you won't be surprised to hear philosophy.

At this point, I think that quick and dirty tips should just give me a philosophy podcast

and we can debate the meaning of everything. What do you think?

Answers on a postcard to the usual address.

Anyway, the philosophical concept is that of freedom of speech,

which usually falls under ethics.

Now, I get it, I really do.

The truth can be boring, tedious, and involve complex reasoning steps.

But when people present total nonsense, I also get to flex my humongous brain

and use logic to gain the upper hand in arguing against such charlatans. So, let's say here

that I believe that free speech is a good general principle in any liberal society, but this is very different

from me saying that free speech equates to the total lack of restriction on any speech. If you disagree,

then I'd push back by saying, okay, do you think I should be able to run up and down an aircraft shouting bomb?

That's clearly ridiculous.

So most reasonable people would agree that unrestricted speech and free speech is different.

So how does all this tie into fitness?

Well, because I frequently see a total lack of restriction on the claims

that are being made in social media posts. These claims, I would argue, should be restricted

because they can result in injury or harm. Last week in the podcast, I responded to an email from a listener, and one part of

that email was their claim that customers in a gym should take responsibility for themselves

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