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Am I the only one troubled by a statement like this: "As to whether I should be slathering my kid with sunscreen or not, the good news is that I’m not causing
by secstate 12y ago
Am I the only one troubled by a statement like this:
"As to whether I should be slathering my kid with sunscreen or not, the good news is that I’m not causing any damage by doing so."
At the end of an article that otherwise claims to investigate the scientific merit of the case against sunscreen?
It's fine if you want to say "I'm very likely not causing damage ..." But it seems awfully unscientific to claim that the good is that I'm not causing ANY damage by doing so.
Also, I feel like this is an endemic thought process in our post-modern society. Humans want answers. Humans like answers. Scientific logic produces very few slam-dunk answers. So while we all trot around claiming to be "scientific" in our outlook, we rarely if ever apply truly scientific thought to our daily routines. Not that it's easy to do, but it's frustrating when people mis-associate belief with knowledge.