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But instead of owning it's many shortcomings and past transgressions (e.g., consuming Y is safe only to find out it causes birth defects, cancer,etc. Science g
by gaius 9y ago
But instead of owning it's many shortcomings and past transgressions (e.g., consuming Y is safe only to find out it causes birth defects, cancer,etc.
Science gave us CFCs then berated us for the hole in the ozone layer...
- oldcynic 9y agoWasn't that more like: Science gave us CFCs then commerce and industry over-used them irresponsibly, and fought regulation. Science later appropriately berated us for the hole in the ozone layer...
- danieltillett 9y agoDo know what CFC's replaced - ammonia? Ammonia was used in refrigeration before CFC's were invented and when your fridge developed a leak you were gassed to death. Nobody foresaw what CFC's would do to the ozone layer. It took science to find this. I have never seen a claim from science that something is safe. At best you get a claim that something appears to have minimal risks. Minimal != Zero
- sdiupIGPWEfh 9y ago> I have never seen a claim from science that something is safe. Yet I regrettably see people, even here on HN, claiming otherwise. We're not helping.
- chiefalchemist 9y agoYes! And the list goes on and on. Science can't seem to tie its mistakes to lack of credibility. Imagine that. Even Science, like CNN, doesn't know correlation from cause. That's. Just. Sad.
- msla 9y ago> Even Science, like CNN, doesn't know correlation from cause. This is factually incorrect, aside from bringing CNN in for absolutely no comprehensible reason.