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This is the most-wrong usage of this trope I've ever seen. You're supposed to say things like that when people panicking about their vaccine contains words the

This is the most-wrong usage of this trope I've ever seen. You're supposed to say things like that when people panicking about their vaccine contains words they don't know - sure, point out that those same confusing chemistry words also describe the components of their breakfast. But this is about something that is literally a synthetic rubber manufactured from petroleum oil. Polyethylene is not a natural part of our diet nor is it an intermediary, substrate or output from any biological process, and it is harmful to a number of organs: https://naturalpedia.com/polyethylene-toxicity-side-effects-diseases-and-environmental-impacts.html https://naturalpedia.com/polyethylene-toxicity-side-effects-...

gruez 2y ago
>You're supposed to say things like that when people panicking about their vaccine contains words they don't know - sure, point out that those same confusing chemistry words also describe the components of their breakfast. Sounds a lot like "you're only supposed to use this rhetorical device against good chemicals, not bad chemicals!" >But this is about something that is literally a synthetic rubber manufactured from petroleum oil. This is just the naturalistic fallacy. There's plenty of "synthetic" pharmaceuticals "manufactured from petroleum oil" as well. The fact that something was "manufactured from petroleum oil" shouldn't be the basis for whether something is harmful or not. >Polyethylene is not a natural part of our diet nor is it an intermediary, substrate or output from any biological process, and it is harmful to a number of organs: https://naturalpedia.com/polyethylene-toxicity-side-effects- https://naturalpedia.com/polyethylene-toxicity-side-effects-... Note that my argument isn't that such plastics are perfectly safe, just that implying that chewing gum is like chewing car tires and wood glue is a flawed argument and should be discouraged, even if the argument is directionally correct.
- rowanG077 2y ago
  Couldn't agree more. I'm honestly quite shocked that a ridiculous argument like "it's not natural thus it's bad" holds sway here. I'd have expected better.

gruez 2y ago

>You're supposed to say things like that when people panicking about their vaccine contains words they don't know - sure, point out that those same confusing chemistry words also describe the components of their breakfast. Sounds a lot like "you're only supposed to use this rhetorical device against good chemicals, not bad chemicals!" >But this is about something that is literally a synthetic rubber manufactured from petroleum oil. This is just the naturalistic fallacy. There's plenty of "synthetic" pharmaceuticals "manufactured from petroleum oil" as well. The fact that something was "manufactured from petroleum oil" shouldn't be the basis for whether something is harmful or not. >Polyethylene is not a natural part of our diet nor is it an intermediary, substrate or output from any biological process, and it is harmful to a number of organs: https://naturalpedia.com/polyethylene-toxicity-side-effects- https://naturalpedia.com/polyethylene-toxicity-side-effects-... Note that my argument isn't that such plastics are perfectly safe, just that implying that chewing gum is like chewing car tires and wood glue is a flawed argument and should be discouraged, even if the argument is directionally correct.

rowanG077 2y ago
Couldn't agree more. I'm honestly quite shocked that a ridiculous argument like "it's not natural thus it's bad" holds sway here. I'd have expected better.