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Maintenance Phase · February 16, 2021 · 67m
Dr. Oz
How 'America's Doctor' became TV's leading purveyor of junk science. Green coffee bean extract, raspberry ketones, and a salad-dressing skincare regimen — the pattern of promising miracle cures that don't survive scrutiny.
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Gordon notes the treadmill structure of Oz's show: a new miracle food, supplement, or technique every week, because last week's miracle didn't produce lasting results — requiring a constant supply of new hope.
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The authority heuristic — a Harvard credential makes bad science persuasive
Hobbes documents how Oz's legitimate credentials (Columbia surgery professor, pioneered heart transplant techniques) made his TV pseudoscience seem credible — the authority of real expertise transferred to unrelated claims about supplements.Was this useful?