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No, I’m asking if it’s possible they might just rightly or wrongly believe water fluoridation is bad.

• dataflow 2y ago
  > No, I’m asking if it’s possible they might just rightly or wrongly believe water fluoridation is bad. I'm happy to believe it if I can understand what is leading them to that belief, which is exactly what I'm asking. Is it a general aversion to unnatural stuff (hence my previous comment) or based on some evidence (hence my initial question) or something else (what?)?
  • piker 2y ago
    I believe they think water fluoridation is linked it lower IQs, again, rightly or wrongly. I could be mistaken but that’s always seemed pretty clear.
    • dataflow 2y ago
      > I believe they think water fluoridation is linked it lower IQs, again, rightly or wrongly. I could be mistaken but that’s always seemed pretty clear. Again, we go back to my initial question [1]: what is the best evidence in favor of this? [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43518377 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43518377
• mrkeen 2y ago
  He's just doing whatever's politically expedient. [1:20] "I do believe that autism comes from vaccines" [https://www.foxnews.com/video/6330950198112 https://www.foxnews.com/video/6330950198112] Does it matter what he actually believes? If it's different from the Trump's policy he'll keep it to himself.
  • ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 2y ago
    Why should his beliefs be considered at all over scientific evidence?