On 2021-09-26 at 08:45, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Sun, Sep 26, 2021 at 07:00:06AM -0400, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote: > >> Well, to be fair to Google, the first two or three hits did show FAOD, but >> without explaining what it meant -- those sites that you have to actually go >> to to find the meaning. I skipped over those to find a hit that actually >> included the meaning, and the first (and next) one(s) I found were for FOAD, >> and I didn't notice the difference. > > Fascinating. My first page results from Google were all of this form: > > What are long-chain fatty acid oxidation disorders (LC-FAOD)? > https://www.faodinfocus.com › learn-about-lc-faod > LC-FAOD are rare, genetic metabolic disorders that prevent the body from breaking down long-chain fatty acids into energy during metabolism. > > This is obviously wrong in this context. > > The entire first page consisted solely of results like this, so I didn't > even bother going to page 2. When I tested (yesterday evening), I got the same result as you report. I had never heard of this interpretation of the initialism before, and am moderately surprised to see that Google considers it to be the top-priority one. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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