Overconfidence and Opposition to Scientific Consensus:
"If you think that GM foods are not safe, that vaccines cause autism, that the world is flat, or that anthropogenic global warming is a hoax, then you are objectively wrong (at least with a very high confidence interval). "
Science is at least making progress on understanding why people fervently believe nonsense:
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Stating GMO foods are safe is overconfidence in a nut shell. Probably why places like India and Europe are banning them.
To proclaim a medicine is "safe and effective" before 5 years worth of testing data has been collected and analysed from well established trial protocols also suggests overconfidence.
puff
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July 22, 2022
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Science isn't determined by politicians or voters. To think that it is disqualifies your opinion of science.
And vaccines are vastly safer and more effective than the alternative.
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@Druvius Science isn't determined by politicians or voters; but agenda's sure are. There was an agenda to vaccinate all long before the science was in, before a vaccine was even developed.
I would prefer to wait for 5 years data to be in before assessing the statement "....vaccines are vastly safer and more effective than the alternative." With "alternative" including doing nothing/ early treatment(s)/ isolation and quarantine and other non medical controls eg hygiene and masks etc.
Throwing stones in glass house and all that.
One should never take 'new' scientific announcements as 'gospel' right away, especially if the news is coming from any form of media. Click-bait & sensationalism tend to often be the initial announcements we hear.
Be patient, wait for the peer review process & scientific investigation of new claims to take hold. Accurate knowledge is worth waiting for. That said, all of the "statements" above have been thoroughly vetted (& you can add all the basics for evolution) & are true to a "...very high confidence interval."
The only issue I have with too much of a dependence on many GM foods is creating a bottle-neck in the case of a new parasite, fungus, disease, etc. We need a number of different strains in use to avoid potential problems.
phxbillcee
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July 22, 2022
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Yes, reporting on science is often sensationalized crap. Some study will come out with a novel conclusion and the media will hail it as a great breakthrough. Infuriating.
puff:
Also my issue with GMO crops/ farms also, but a major issue. Mono-cultures are not ideal, actively ignoring ecosystem life. GMO does not promote ecological diversity.
GMO is a process, a technology. Knowledge, science. Can and will be misused like all science based technologies. Eg With drone technology, could use for environmental benefit eg clean up the oceans. But used to predate and spy on people instead. GMO is used to develop mono-culture and monopolies atm and thus susceptible to disease etc as you said.
Just because we know we can do something through science, doesn't mean we have to or should. Nuclear weapons the prime example.
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