29 March

So much of the venom for Pete Evans is laid bare here. It shows how deeply people believe that medicine is all scientifically based and that conditions like autism are well understood. Neither of those things is true. The venom is about people like Evans challenging our deepest need to have fundamentals in our lives, that will tell us unequivocally what to do, without thought. Evans may not have the answers either, but the venom isn't really about the particular issue of autism or nutrition. It's about people hating the uncertainty of needing to think hard. Nothing replaces the need to think.