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It is possible but not reasonable to believe, let alone act on. By analogy, there maybe such a thing as Russell's teapot. Indeed, no one can disprove it. But i
by TomMckenny 8y ago
It is possible but not reasonable to believe, let alone act on.
By analogy, there maybe such a thing as Russell's teapot. Indeed, no one can disprove it. But it is obviously unreasonable to believe in and unreasonable to send a probe looking for it. Just as it is unreasonable not to vaccinate kids.
Thus insisting that we hesitate to vaccinate but instead contemplate evidentialy unrelated autism, is advocating a dangerous policy on an unreasonable belief. Thus people have a very good reason to speak against such speculation since it is costing lives for no sensible reason.
- oblib 8y ago"It is possible but not reasonable to believe, let alone act on." It's not a matter of believing. It's about understanding you may not know everything there is to know. I'm old enough to remember when a guy came back from Mexico and said "they have a plant there that, when rubbed on your skin, will prevent sunburn" and most everyone who was considered an authority said he was a "fool". They could not have been more sure he was too. They were "100%" sure he was, so they didn't act on it. I'm pretty sure most of them were using "Sunblock" just a few years later though.