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Originally Posted by troutman
Science should not be inflexible. How can science take an extreme position? The evidence builds and points towards the truth. The more evidence there is, the more comfortable we can be in the conclusions. With enough evidence a theory becomes fact.
“In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.”
― Carl Sagan |
That's true, until you factor into the equation that science in the 21st century is very much influenced by capitalism. There are industries that use science as a way of misleading to make money. I think people have become critical not because they don't believe in science, but they don't trust the people with the payrolls (pharm companies for example).
That's my take anyway. I generally trust vaccines because I don't see them as big money makers (unless they are manufacturing diseases too, but that would be crazy), but just because something is based on science doesn't make it honest when you factor in the human aspect.