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I agree with the gist of your remark but the question was "can be said with certainty...", which is, indeed very difficult for a scientist to ever do. The "coul
by teekert 4y ago
I agree with the gist of your remark but the question was "can be said with certainty...", which is, indeed very difficult for a scientist to ever do. The "could reach" is also weird right?
- houseinthesky 4y agoIt's passive voice, not particularly weird. The scientist is specifically trying to avoid the trap of a "gotcha question" while answering accurately that the most likely outcome of lots of people consuming a carcinogen is that someone got cancer from it.
- procgen 4y agoIt sounds like it's an open question whether or not it is in fact carcinogenic when consumed in the quantities allowed by the FDA.