It wasn’t until I understood his concept of Tribes
But am I clever enough to recognize Willful Ignorance? Am I bold enough to promote Aggressive Skepticism?
I had a chance encounter with screaming ignorance recently when Ben insisted that alcohol causes gout. A first class example of the ignorance that Seth describes as:
screaming is often a tool used to balance out the lazy ignorance of someone parroting opposition to an idea that they don’t understand
My skeptism, probably provoked by rudeness, was overly aggressive as I laid down a challenge to the no-alcohol-for-gout-sufferers brigade. I fear that my unwitting ignorance of the ways of the tribe leader might have caused upset to a caring contributor whilst doing nothing to weed out the menace of screaming ignorance.
Well, I’ll mark that as part of the learning curve. Learning about gout AND learning to lead the GoutPal tribe. It’s an interesting life.
Can you make the call on willfully ignorant vs. aggressively skeptical? Or can you accept a leader with unwitting ignorance and gentle skepticism?
One thing is for certain. The GoutPal tribe is wise, wonderful and witty.
I’ve started to pull out the gems from the forum, and opened topics for outstanding posts about gout cures and gout symptoms. I know there are many more, so please tell me when you spot them.
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I don’t think alcohol causes Gout. High SUA and a genetic disposition are the prime movers with quite a few random variables thrown in on top.
I think alcohol can affect gout- it may even assist with stripping old covering off needles if you’re taking UA lowering drugs. I’ve definitely noticed the tweeking at old sites when drinking too much for gout comfort.
I also think GP has a mild blind spot about the dietary causes of gout, including alcohol- but admit it is a secondary and hard to quantify element- set against figure hunting and meds application.