Oh, I'm sure he was utterly sincere. But people will always seek out things that are convenient to them. If you own an oil field, you will be naturally predisposed to think oil doesn't caus… (View Post)

We all suffer from the same cognitive biases. You no less than anyone else. The difference is that you don't seem to realise it. (View Post)

When you add up penicillin, etc., science is probably up about 3-4 billion lives overall. Sounds like a good trade. No one's right all the time. (View Post)

Fortunately, her views on science and policymaking are well known. And when -as with AIDS- science clashed with her personal morality, she chose science. (View Post)

I don't think the party of scientist Margaret Thatcher would have had a vaccine conspiracy theorist headline a Conservative Party conference. (View Post)