The precarious nature ...
As much a story about diet and health as it is the precarious nature of good science, it may one day be regarded as the spark that ignited a paradigm shift.
--- I understand that it is a story about diet and health and it is also full of good scientific research. Is it what it says?
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Newguest --- I understand that it is a story about diet and health and it is also full of good scientific research. Is it what it says? No.
- Newguest --- I understand that it is a story about diet and health and it is also full of good scientific research.
- Is it what it says?
- No.
- " The writer also mixed his metaphors.
- You can't ignite a shift.
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Newguest--- I understand that it is a story about diet and health and it is also full of good scientific research. Is it what it says?
No. The writer left a word out: "As much a story about diet and health as it is about the precarious nature of good science, it may one day be regarded as the spark that ignited a paradigm shift." The writer also mixe
0The word "precarious" indicates that theories and practices in science change due to new discoveries, research, etc. That's very important in understanding the sentence.
0NewguestAs much a story about diet and health as it is the precarious nature of good science, it may one day be regarded as the spark that ignited a paradigm shift.
It's hard to interpret without more context. What does "it" refer to?
I think "it" might be some event, such as the accidental discovery that limes prevent scurvy or perhaps Louis Pasteur
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