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> is unscientific, lacking in perspective, and offensive. I agree it is unscientific speculation. Science doesn’t have any answers. As one example, there are
by marcell 4y ago
> is unscientific, lacking in perspective, and offensive.
I agree it is unscientific speculation. Science doesn’t have any answers.
As one example, there are no conclusive scientific answers on why global male testosterone is declining, or why American girls are experiencing early puberty. Any plausible explanation has compelling reasons to dismiss it, and we can’t know scientifically if they are correct.
Yet we can see both clearly in the data. If you want to escape these changes, you can only get answers outside of scientific knowledge.
> offensive
There’s nothing offensive about these comparisons. When DDT was invented, we didn’t know it would bio accumulate. When iPhones were widely deployed 15 years ago, I doubt many predicted they cause sleep disruption, and potentially disrupt hormone regulation.
They are both cases of harms taking decades to show up in scientific knowledge.
- regularfry 4y ago> Yet we can see both clearly in the data. If you want to escape these changes, you can only get answers outside of scientific knowledge. Those would be not answers, then.
- marcell 4y agoThis is a common misconception. I don't need science to tell me not eat dirt, my sense of smell does that just fine. I also don't need science to tell me why someone is being mean to me, I can judge the social situation and make a good guess. Science is great and gives lots of really good answers, but there are lots and lots of other ways to get answer.
- regularfry 4y ago> Yet we can see both clearly in the data. If you want to escape these changes, you can only get answers outside of scientific knowledge This is not an arena where preferences and guesses will remotely help.