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We have failed in our science education of people at large. Many not only do not understand where knowledge comes from but cannot even begin to comprehend it, when it is explained to them.pic.twitter.com/oK4MLT3ULW
We do need a way to answer people who are stuck in this situation. It is agonising for them because they feel that science is a religion, which scientists and doctors "worship" for unclear reasons. They actually think they are being deprived of something.
They think the medical profession "know" that medreservoir or chlorophyll are lifesaving drugs, which cruel, heartless docs are withholding from dying patients. THAT is why we need to fight back against ignorance. This is an information emergency, of our own making.
Traditionally, sensible clinicians and scientists take the following approach. When you have nothing to say, you don't say anything.
That is logical, efficient and safe. HOWEVER It only works when there are no other speakers.
In the current climate, social media and TV turn this vacuum into a disaster.
"All that is needed for the pandemic of ignorance is for people with knowledge to be silent" Tweet by Edmund Burke
Yes, we cannot have an efficient conversation, and this is why we have not tried, or not succeeded, in the past. But maybe we need to have an inefficient conversation? Need, in the sense of societal survival. (Not need, in the sense of needing a Mercedes.)
I am open to suggestions as to how to make it easy for people like Donovan, who are earnest, literate and angry. How can we explain to them that we do not know whether chloroplasts or redmeservoir save you or kill you? How can we combat disinformation that is widely spreading?
GrepMed Retweeted Jesse Burk-Rafel
I think one effective visual rebuttal is that we don’t want to bet all of our chips on a potential placebo (or harm) because we may miss out on many other potential therapeutics. Betting on one stock vs a portfolio until we identify the true winners: https://twitter.com/jbrafel/status/1243938707608141825?s=21 …https://twitter.com/jbrafel/status/1243938707608141825 …
GrepMed added,
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