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There is a difference between science and "corporate science". "Corporate science" once said tobacco was healthy for you - doctor recommended cigarettes. Also

by disown 6y ago

There is a difference between science and "corporate science". "Corporate science" once said tobacco was healthy for you - doctor recommended cigarettes. Also science can be corruptible as well. It was once scientific fact that non-whites were inferior to whites. The "father of gynecology" experimented on black women because it was scientific knowledge that black women don't feel pain. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/james-marion-sims-surgeon-experimented-slave-women-without-anesthesia-statues-under-attack-charlottesville-confederate-a7919141.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/james-mari... It was once "science" to cure sick people with leeches. It was once science to give "misbehaving" women hysterectomies or lobotomies. One of the most famous ones being rosemary kennedy. > If scientists gain new insights, it just means the proces is working. I guess the victims of mengele and U-731 appreciate your confidence in the "process". For someone so critical of religion, you have an almost blind and zealous and unquestioning faith in the "scientific process". When money, corporations and politics are involved, you should be skeptical. Even if it is "science". And pfizer and these companies aren't in the business of science, they are in the business of making money.

spiderfarmer 6y ago
Yes. Companies can lie. But your point is buried in the false assumptions about me. "Trusting something" !== "An almost blind and zealous and unquestioning faith" Trusting the scientific process doesn't mean you shouldn't be skeptical. It means the opposite. If a company lies, we will find out eventually. You can look at the evidence. There will be independent data eventually. You don't need "faith". Why you needed to involve Mengele to make an argument is beyond me. Invoking Godwin's law will never help you win a discussion.

by disown 6y ago

spiderfarmer 6y ago

Yes. Companies can lie. But your point is buried in the false assumptions about me. "Trusting something" !== "An almost blind and zealous and unquestioning faith" Trusting the scientific process doesn't mean you shouldn't be skeptical. It means the opposite. If a company lies, we will find out eventually. You can look at the evidence. There will be independent data eventually. You don't need "faith". Why you needed to involve Mengele to make an argument is beyond me. Invoking Godwin's law will never help you win a discussion.