alt Hacker NewsWe have no evidence in favor of the linear no threshold model. That is not the same as saying that we have evidence against it.
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arcticbull • yesterday at 4:39 AM
Sure but we don’t prove negatives for a reason - it’s impossible. We assume the null hypothesis.
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There is some evidence for hormesis - but yes no model is proven right now. LNT is the most conservative model and part of why it sticks around.
A good primer: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2477686/