In his last interview, Sagan said it was imperative for Americans to practice skepticism, educate themselves and to question authority. "Otherwise we don't run the government, the government runs us."
These authoritarian fools don’t know what science means! They think it’s all about fixed beliefs, credentialing and expert power which couldn’t be further from what science is all about …
You make the mistake of conflating the actions of the policy makers with the work of the scientific (medical) community. True, there is no "ought" in science, but the science can lead us to what ought to be done. If the science shows that more lives are saved with the vaccine than without, then we ought to use the vaccine. Were some policies communicated or handled poorly? Yes certainly, there was panic all around. And yes, there will always be anecdotal evidence of cases where the vaccine had a negative effect. Again, if more people were saved with the vaccine than without (and that data exists), then the vaccine was beneficial. As far as masking policies go, doctors knew that masks did not stop viral transmission. Masking did increase distancing which was deemed necessary at the time, especially before vaccines were developed and hospitals were overflowing worldwide. I suppose you can make and think of that what you will.
The purpose of public education is to instill compliance and to indoctrinate.
That’s it.
Which is exactly why Prussia, a tiny nation that needed to maximize its resources and needed soldiers, workers and farmers all marching the same way to survive developed it that way, the other example is Sparta.
Sparta needed soldiers and slaves, the same.
We don’t. Our government and elites DO.
Not to mention giving Teachers dreaming of glory and fantasy realms have access to military age males - and we wonder why students march?
Science has been irredeemably corrupted and has no hope of redemption until cutoff from the spigots of public funding.
It really has. It's terrifying.
Good article. I am an applied scientist, professionally, and I trust the 'scientific community' less than ever.
Very smart if you.
These authoritarian fools don’t know what science means! They think it’s all about fixed beliefs, credentialing and expert power which couldn’t be further from what science is all about …
100% true
You make the mistake of conflating the actions of the policy makers with the work of the scientific (medical) community. True, there is no "ought" in science, but the science can lead us to what ought to be done. If the science shows that more lives are saved with the vaccine than without, then we ought to use the vaccine. Were some policies communicated or handled poorly? Yes certainly, there was panic all around. And yes, there will always be anecdotal evidence of cases where the vaccine had a negative effect. Again, if more people were saved with the vaccine than without (and that data exists), then the vaccine was beneficial. As far as masking policies go, doctors knew that masks did not stop viral transmission. Masking did increase distancing which was deemed necessary at the time, especially before vaccines were developed and hospitals were overflowing worldwide. I suppose you can make and think of that what you will.
The purpose of public education is to instill compliance and to indoctrinate.
That’s it.
Which is exactly why Prussia, a tiny nation that needed to maximize its resources and needed soldiers, workers and farmers all marching the same way to survive developed it that way, the other example is Sparta.
Sparta needed soldiers and slaves, the same.
We don’t. Our government and elites DO.
Not to mention giving Teachers dreaming of glory and fantasy realms have access to military age males - and we wonder why students march?