> The practice of science nowadays really sucks. For sure, science-deniers suck even more, but that's no excuse. People trust engineers (airplanes, bridges, el

> The practice of science nowadays really sucks. For sure, science-deniers suck even more, but that's no excuse. People trust engineers (airplanes, bridges, elevators, etc) because engineers test their work before putting it into production. When Production breaks [0], engineers make every effort to figure out what went wrong so they can fix the problem. Science advances one funeral at a time. > but it's honestly hard to believe the lack of quality in the discussion of scientific controversies like this one about VitD. There is a political agenda too. Now that the orange president has been removed, maybe the seasonality of COVID-19 [1] can be acknowledged. But fear is a powerful drug, and the panic-pushers can't let up... [0] Apollo 1, for example: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25884042 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25884042 [1] https://twitter.com/OBusybody/status/1352699709475987456 https://twitter.com/OBusybody/status/1352699709475987456