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Why Do Many Reasonable People Doubt Science?
- IanDrake 12y agoFlorine: http://www.newsweek.com/water-fluoridation-linked-higher-adhd-rates-312748 http://www.newsweek.com/water-fluoridation-linked-higher-adh... Climate Change: http://www.nipccreport.org/ http://www.nipccreport.org/ So the question isn't why do people doubt science, but why does the media confuse scientific hypothesis with 100% tested and understood fact? I would say that if you believe in science, you understand these things are not facts and that consensus != truth. The our bodies and climate are some of the most complex and least understood systems in the universe. To think we understand them enough to say with certainty that Florine is good for you and CO2 is the only factor in climate change is naive.
- hindsightbias 12y ago> only factor I wonder if someone has done a study how many strawmen it takes to put doubt into sciencey things. Clearly, we should keep pumping stuff into our bodies and the atmosphere and until science proves with 100% testable consensus that it could have bad consequences.