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Better haul out into the woods then, Ted Unfortunately the entire existence of society since humans were apes living in trees relies on this whole "trust" thin
by IntelMiner 4y ago
Better haul out into the woods then, Ted
Unfortunately the entire existence of society since humans were apes living in trees relies on this whole "trust" thing
- willcipriano 4y agoHow's that working out for the people in Flint? They still don't have clean water. Is it like the fairy in Peter Pan where if you believe hard enough the people in charge will magically become competent? Obviously there are limits but having your water tested from time to time isn't bad advice. Another thing I do is test my kids toys for lead, and it comes up positive roughly 1 out of 15 times. I could trust that the government and the big box store makes sure that never happens, maybe you do, but I do science so I can know instead. Knowing > Trusting
- picsao 4y ago
- IntelMiner 4y agoWhy do you trust those tests made by other people to be accurate? Or the science of it being a problem (or not) to be accurate? The flaw in your reasoning is that you implicitly assume trust anywhere
- willcipriano 4y agoThis isn't a binary between complete blind trust and "living in the woods", my point is if you want your kids to have clean drinking water the best way to do that is test it yourself. If you trust the US government to provide it for you, you'll end up here crying about how they abused your trust for the ten thousandth time and be somehow, inexplicably, surprised.
- maxerickson 4y agoWater quality is primarily the responsibility of states. They generally follow EPA standards, but there isn't some EPA guy visiting your local water plant, it's the state. It's wild that people think water quality has gotten worse over time.