This debate is symptomatic of the general conflict between the rational and irrational. Interestingly, scientists and medical people are just as likely to be as irrational as fortune tellers and snake oil salesmen. Most people have their belief systems and cling to their notions at all costs. Praise be to those with an open mind who can look at evidence and admit they are wrong.
The "scientist" who lies about results for personal gain is a disgrace and guilty of an uncontionable crime. Climate change deniers funded by oil companies, researchers who claim tobacco is good for your health (paid for by guess who), economists who claim that cutting taxes on the rich will increase revenue to the government, and pharmaceutical companies who do not allow unfavorable research studies to be published all do a great disservice to the world.
The media tries to be "fair" by showing both sides of a story even when scientific experts are 99-to-1 on the issue. The "truth" of scientific claims is not something that citizens should get to vote on. Leave the science to the scientists, not to people with fuzzy thinking skills.
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This debate is symptomatic of the general conflict between the rational and irrational. Interestingly, scientists and medical people are just as likely to be as irrational as fortune tellers and snake oil salesmen. Most people have their belief systems and cling to their notions at all costs. Praise be to those with an open mind who can look at evidence and admit they are wrong.
The "scientist" who lies about results for personal gain is a disgrace and guilty of an uncontionable crime. Climate change deniers funded by oil companies, researchers who claim tobacco is good for your health (paid for by guess who), economists who claim that cutting taxes on the rich will increase revenue to the government, and pharmaceutical companies who do not allow unfavorable research studies to be published all do a great disservice to the world.
The media tries to be "fair" by showing both sides of a story even when scientific experts are 99-to-1 on the issue. The "truth" of scientific claims is not something that citizens should get to vote on. Leave the science to the scientists, not to people with fuzzy thinking skills.
September 10, 2011 - 2:30amThis Comment
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