finding it hard to argue against this. for really big things like hand washing or thermodynamics, maybe the cost is worth it.https://twitter.com/a_yawning_cat/status/1410112176946249728 …
though many times that big discovery would’ve been discovered by someone else quite soon, maybe a few years the hand washing guy iirc died insane. saved a few lives bc of angry insistence but prolly also created unnecessary resistance bc of his anger
