You’re right.

Scientific consensus is never wrong and it will never be wrong again.

My bad.

Okay man.

because it’s a system of evidence and confirmation.

It’s a system that has been routinely wrong before.

Do you think it’s never going to be wrong again? That’s having faith.

Have faith.

Sure you do.

If you understand the science yourself, then you’re correct.

The problem is that most people don’t understand the science and just have faith in other people who might.

Didn’t know there were so many water experts on lemmy.

It’s not nearly as bad as it is now.

And it was always a scam, even back then.

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it must be wrong about fluoride?

This is where your confusion comes from. I never said it’s wrong about fluoride.

My point is that unless you understand the science yourself, you have faith in other people who do. Scientific consensus has been wrong in the past, and it will be wrong again in the future.

Everyone saying with such certainty that fluoride is good or bad without understanding the science themselves just highlights how most people treat science like a religion.

Sure bud.

Yeah, but you don’t understand the science.

You have faith in other people who might. That’s how you treat it like a religion.

Do you need another history lesson?

Yep.

Yeah man.

See you in church on Sunday?

I think you hang out with losers that derive their sense of self-worth from their personal (or mommy and daddy’s) spending power.

You mean, most Americans? Especially those who live in major cities? Color me surprised.

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Right back atchya.

That’s a dangerous path to go down, considering scientific consensus once thought lobotomies were appropriate treatment for unruly housewives, lead was acceptable to put in… pretty much everything, tobacco isn’t as bad as you think, burning fossil fuels doesn’t cause global warming… etc etc. (don’t get me started on nutrition)

You know what’s really useful? Understanding the science yourself. That’s difficult though, which is why most people treat it like a religion.

Have faith.

Complains about cherrypicking as he cherrypicks.

Lol. Jk. They’re right about most things, but are they right about everything?

That’s the problem with treating science like a religion.

I never said that.