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What do you think of Linus Pauling's views on vitamin C curing cancer, the common cold, angina pectoris, etc? "the only person to have been awarded two unshare

What do you think of Linus Pauling's views on vitamin C curing cancer, the common cold, angina pectoris, etc? "the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Pauling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Pauling Or, Isaac Newton's treatment for the plague: "the best is a toad suspended by the legs in a chimney for three days, which at last vomited up earth with various insects in it, on to a dish of yellow wax, and shortly after died. Combining powdered toad with the excretions and serum made into lozenges and worn about the affected area drove away the contagion and drew out the poison" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton These are some of the best scientists of all time. OF ALL TIME! How could you doubt them? Also, are you under the impression that covid-19 is a "parasitic infection"?

moralestapia 5y ago
>These are some of the best scientists of all time. OF ALL TIME! How could you doubt them? It's not about that. Forget about the Nobel Prize, the guy still has 50+(!) or so years doing pharma research, plus he discovered Ivermectin, wouldn't you want to hear what he thinks about it? Arguments from authority are wrong, I know, but experts DO exist in any given field and you can't just dismiss what they're saying.
- perl4ever 5y ago
  > experts DO exist in any given field and you can't just dismiss what they're saying Yes, ok, so isn't "parasitic infections" arguably a different field than coronaviruses? That's why I saw a parallel with Pauling and Newton. What am I missing? The fact is, I have no idea about the science. Right now I dismiss it because it seems like mobs of people pop up in recurring threads to promote this thing, as if orchestrated. Every few days or weeks it seems like there is a new thing that "they" (mainstream media or big tech) are trying to suppress. If it was being suppressed, I wouldn't feel like there was a firehose of it directed at me. And if the interest in it was organic and evidence based, then the discussions in one thread ought to cause the next thread to be different. But it seems like groundhog day - either people don't evolve their views, or there's an influx of new people.

moralestapia 5y ago

>These are some of the best scientists of all time. OF ALL TIME! How could you doubt them? It's not about that. Forget about the Nobel Prize, the guy still has 50+(!) or so years doing pharma research, plus he discovered Ivermectin, wouldn't you want to hear what he thinks about it? Arguments from authority are wrong, I know, but experts DO exist in any given field and you can't just dismiss what they're saying.

perl4ever 5y ago
> experts DO exist in any given field and you can't just dismiss what they're saying Yes, ok, so isn't "parasitic infections" arguably a different field than coronaviruses? That's why I saw a parallel with Pauling and Newton. What am I missing? The fact is, I have no idea about the science. Right now I dismiss it because it seems like mobs of people pop up in recurring threads to promote this thing, as if orchestrated. Every few days or weeks it seems like there is a new thing that "they" (mainstream media or big tech) are trying to suppress. If it was being suppressed, I wouldn't feel like there was a firehose of it directed at me. And if the interest in it was organic and evidence based, then the discussions in one thread ought to cause the next thread to be different. But it seems like groundhog day - either people don't evolve their views, or there's an influx of new people.