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> despite research showing no connection ... so far. What's the harm in pivoting research goals? A curious mind (like many have here on HN) will pursue all ave
by Freedom2 2y ago
> despite research showing no connection
... so far. What's the harm in pivoting research goals? A curious mind (like many have here on HN) will pursue all avenues, even those some may consider controversial and contradictory to our current beliefs. I, for one, am supportive of being curious like this, and I can only hope that it spurs curious discussion among the world, as per the HackerNews guidelines.
- sanktanglia 2y agoThere is a huge difference between being curious and attempting to reverse engineer a connection which they are clearly doing now. Rfk already believes the lie that vaccines cause austism they just want studies they can put their thumb in to go "see the science isn't settled"
- dekhn 2y agoThe harm is that if we spend more money following up a purported link between vaccines and autism, it will be taken away from people doing more useful research. We have limited time and funding, so we maintain a portfolio of research investments that are based on what we currently see as reasonable. "Curious" is not what the folks who want to research the link between vaccines and autism are. Weaponized is a better term.