https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/other/how-science-lost-america-s-trust-and-surrendered-health-policy-to-skeptics/ar-AA1uoPxF?ocid=BingNewsSerp
The way libs think of science is wrong. They see it as a final authority in how to think. But science is supposed to be skeptical. That's the way it was started (by Christian monks in the Middle Ages, BTW).
Science never proves anything. Best you can do is decide there's a preponderance of evidence showing something definitive. But a good scientist is always open to new data. It is particularly ill-suited for politics, and that is why people no longer "trust" it.
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The rise of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from fringe figure to the prospective head of U.S. health policy was fueled by skepticism and distrust of the medical establishment-views that went viral in the Covid-19 pandemic.
People once dismissed for their disbelief in conventional medicine are now celebrating a new champion in Washington. Scientists, meanwhile, are trying to figure how they could have managed the pandemic without setting off a populist movement they say threatens longstanding public-health measures.
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Kennedy has said he opposes food coloring and additives, the widely used pesticide glyphosate, seed oils and foods with added sugars, among many other issues. Medical authorities say some of his views, such as suspicion of ultra-processed foods, have scientific merit, while others are unfounded. The food and pharmaceutical industries are planning to win him over where they can and do battle where they can't.
The way libs think of science is wrong. They see it as a final authority in how to think. But science is supposed to be skeptical. That's the way it was started (by Christian monks in the Middle Ages, BTW).
Science never proves anything. Best you can do is decide there's a preponderance of evidence showing something definitive. But a good scientist is always open to new data. It is particularly ill-suited for politics, and that is why people no longer "trust" it.
Trump will fix it.
