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Michael Specter: The Danger of Science Denial

Posted by Raymond on April 19, 2010

GrrlScientist writes on ScienceBlogs:

Vaccine-autism claims, “Frankenfood” bans, the herbal cure craze: All point to the public’s growing fear (and, often, outright denial) of science and reason, says Michael Specter. He warns the trend spells disaster for human progress.

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  • drewbles

    Precisely why we need to emphasis the need for an evidence based approach. Misunderstanding of science and misuse of science isn't limited to any one sphere.

    The point is that people here don't seem to be making the distinction between people interpreting an idea, and the idea itself.

  • drewbles

    Not much point getting involved in debating people who agree with you now is there? :-D

    I guess my point is this: it isn't the fault of the scientific method that people use it incorrectly.

    http://www.disinfo.com/2010/03/the-bayer-compan...

    Would you say the situation as outlined above was the fault of science or the fault of the Bayer company?

  • drewbles

    Precisely why we need to emphasis the need for an evidence based approach. Misunderstanding of science and misuse of science isn't limited to any one sphere.

    The point is that people here don't seem to be making the distinction between people interpreting an idea, and the idea itself.

  • David

    'Frankenfood' debates are not 'science' arguments, they are corporatism arguments. People starving in third world countries cannot even save the seeds of bio-engineered food, it is often illegal. This is corporate lobbying – get the poor nations a permanent government contract of your product, and better yet, use the UN, funded by US tax dollars as your ultimate lobbyist.

    Last year we almost went into mandatory H1N1 flu vaccines – some health workers were threatened with losing their jobs if they did not comply with getting the shot. Then to see that it was a non-event, and some vaccines hurt people, a direct link, and the EU launched a formal investigation into the scare tactics of pharma that lead to governments over purchasing the products they had made for this 'possibly worse than any flu we've ever seen'.

    Please do not get sucked into the straw man vortex that people are 'anti-science' if they do not want lobbyists to make tonnes of money having legislation created to force their products on you with your own tax dollars.

    That's a million miles away from a science discussion.

  • oman28

    Two days ago a child in Australia died after receiving a standard vaccine.
    In the past week in Western Australia over 60 children had extremely adverse reactions to a flu vaccine and the vaccine was withdrawn from public
    These kind of things make me tend to disagree with you on that one

  • ratzapus

    I BELIEVE THIS MAKE COMMON SENSE……….HOPEFULLY THE VOODOO DOCTORS OR OTHERS
    THAT KNOW WHAT IS GOOD FOR ALL OF US LMAO!!! WILL NOT KILL SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENTS………

  • ratzapus

    I BELIEVE THIS MAKE COMMON SENSE……….HOPEFULLY THE VOODOO DOCTORS OR OTHERS
    THAT KNOW WHAT IS GOOD FOR ALL OF US LMAO!!! WILL NOT KILL SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENTS………

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