Again, this is science illiteracy.Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
I can explain to you, but really, it would be better to research this yourself. Though I doubt you will. Remaining ignorant to things often feels comfortable.
Let's look at something like penicillin. How do we have evidence that it works as an antibiotic?
Jane's viewpoint: "Some doctor had an opinion that it would destroy bacteria and cure diseases. So he gave it to people and by golly, it worked. Well, that was just his opinion anyway" There was no testing under lab conditions. They did not test it under field conditions. There were no experiments. And since their were no experiments the experiment was never repeated.
Reality (where things are evidence-based): Researchers made discoveries of penicillin and its antibiotic uses. They tested it in labs. They tested it in the field. They experimented. Experiments were repeated. Then because of all sorts of evidence that it worked as an antibiotic that cured disease we consider this to be a fact.
That is all in layman's terms and meant to illustrate how evidence works.
But you may poo-poo evidence, but when the rubber meets the road I bet you bow down to it.
Have you ever taken antibiotics?
You can now thank me for enlightening you.
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