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Given the source, I can't help but suspect there's an underlying desire to willfully misunderstand how science works in order to dismiss all research that could
by jonhendry 14y ago
Given the source, I can't help but suspect there's an underlying desire to willfully misunderstand how science works in order to dismiss all research that could be used to support or justify regulation.
Hey, you never know, maybe in ten years we'll find out tobacco use doesn't cause cancer. Better remove all the restrictions that have been placed on tobacco until we're certain.
- splat 14y agoI would agree that having a healthy scepticism of those in authority is a very fundamental part of libertarian philosophy. But if you find the author's political inclinations objectionable you can read the original book by Samuel Arbesman that Ronald Bailey based his article on.