Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>> exactly Marty, belief based, without a knowledge or understanding of >> science or medicine, but certain that belief is more powerful than >> knowledge. << You would think we could inoculate people against that...oh, wait...! ;-) ;-) ;-) John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Barbour" <steve.barbour at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2012 5:28:39 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] OT (very) The Great Prostate Debate: Does ScreeningSaveLives?: Scientific American And a bit more to think about On Feb 9, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Marty Deveney wrote: > As a scientist I see this all the time. The percentage of people in > Australia who are taught science is dropping, and by some measures how > well they are taught it has decreased too. Society is returning to > belief based systems, but those individuals still personally have very > high expectations from science for them personally, without > understanding it at all. exactly Marty, belief based, without a knowledge or understanding of science or medicine, but certain that belief is more powerful than knowledge. Steve > When I speak to public groups about, for > instance, the impossibility of eradicating an invasive seaweed from a > Port, they make all sorts of comments about genetic approaches, manual > removal, chemical and biological control to achieve eradication, > usually without understanding that the kind of technology they're > suggesting doesn't exist in animal science or human medicine > (typically at the forefront of genetic intervention) or that the other > approaches would be prohibitively expensive and unlikely to succeed > anyway. I get similar comments wherever I go and whoever I speak to, > so it's widespread, not isolated. I'd hate to be a medical doctor in > this sort of social climate. > > Marty > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information