What Jessica Malaty Rivera has said about Appeal to nature fallacy
1 quote · 1 episode · Nov 13, 2026
Jessica Malaty Rivera, Infectious disease epidemiologist, science communicator, and executive director of the Infodemiology Initiative, has been quoted on Appeal to nature fallacy once in 1 episode of TED Radio Hour, most recently on November 13, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Malaty Rivera argues that natural does not mean safe and that the clean-eating trope rests on an appeal to nature fallacy.
“nature has been trying to kill humans since humans came to this planet. Like nature is not safe by default”
TED Radio Hour: An epidemiologist's guide to good health advice (Nov 13, 2026) · Listen from 32:05
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An epidemiologist's guide to good health adviceTED Radio Hour · Nov 13, 2026 · 50 min
Manoush Zomorodi talks with epidemiologist Jessica Malaty Rivera about health misinformation, measles, vaccine trust, wellness grifts, AI medical advice, and trending health questions.
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