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Surprisingly good looking in his youth. As well.
Linus Pauling. Agnostic. Scientist.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Ah yes, father of the great Vitamin C fiasco.
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I still do dose Vitamin C. I think most of us don't get enough, naturally.
He was on to something...but I found too many faults with it's potential "cure" for cold viral activity.
Many schizophrenics were convinced they could replace their anti-psychotics with Vitamin C by him. He should have been prosecuted for doing severe bodily harm.
Science and morality are in two different spheres without common ground. Science is about objective reality, about what is the case, whereas morality is about reality as it should be.
'Is' versus 'ought'. One can study one sphere without even touching the other
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