The clotshot push should have spelt this out for most people in large crayon.

However, 'twas ever thus. Read Against Method by Paul Feyerabend. The idea of a 'pure' version of science ever existing, which was 100% empirically rigorous or ideologically uncontaminated, is a myth which both hamstrings the potential of science to uncover new truths and turns it into an unassailable monolith with too much power over mind and policy.

Just look at the fight it took to establish a link between H. Pylori and stomach ulcers:

Altman said that although many of his stories have received attention, none received more negative attention than a story that he wrote in the 1980s on the link between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacteria and peptic ulcers. When a source called his attention to the possible link, Altman called one of the country’s leading gastroenterologists for a response. The physician told him he had just returned from his society’s annual meeting and there was no mention of H.pylori at the meeting. Altman wrote the article anyway, and the link was soon proven to be legitimate.

“I’ve never seen the medical community more defensive or more critical of a story,” Altman said. “They argued that with no evidence, this couldn’t be.”

Eventually resolved by one of the researchers simply consuming a beaker of the bacterium and giving himself an ulcer:

In his frustration to prove the connection, Marshall himself ingests H. pylori and documents his subsequent illness and successful treatment with antibiotics. He published those results in 1985. It will take another 10 years before the world’s medical community will finally acknowledge the correlation. And 20 years for the bestowment of a Nobel Peace Prize to Marshall and Warren for their longsuffering work. Indeed, there is no irony in the prize, as so many will attest to the lack of peace while suffering from PUD. (link)

I'm sure the surgical interventionists and the companies selling antacids for stomach ulcers all those years were incredibly grateful for this breakthrough and had no influence on its difficulty in gaining acceptance /s

OH WAIT, I never actually knew the following part of the story before!

In 1958 a general practitioner in Greece by the name of John Lykoudis cured his own gastroenteritis with antibiotics. He then began successfully treating his patients suffering the same and perfected a combination of antibiotics (called Elgaco), which he eventually patented in 1961. However, his Greek peers took a very dim view of his success and he was fined 4,000 Drachmas by the disciplinary committee of the Athens Medical Association. He was also indicted in the Greek courts for something akin to malpractice. The outcome is not entirely clear, but it is said many of his former patients testified on his behalf and he was never incarcerated. He died in 1980, never knowing his vindication.

How eerily familiar!

Anyway, all that aside, I think the main thing that's changed in very recent years is the naked weaponisation of the force science wields over the modern secular mindset, in order to browbeat the masses with a new kind of shame-based liturgy. We beat it by directing shame right back.

The clotshot push should have spelt this out for most people in large crayon.

However, 'twas ever thus. Read Against Method by Paul Feyerabend. The idea of a 'pure' version of science ever existing, which was 100% empirically rigorous or ideologically uncontaminated, is a myth which both hamstrings the potential of science to uncover new truths and turns it into an unassailable monolith with too much power over mind and policy.

Just look at the fight it took to establish a link between H. Pylori and stomach ulcers:

Altman said that although many of his stories have received attention, none received more negative attention than a story that he wrote in the 1980s on the link between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacteria and peptic ulcers. When a source called his attention to the possible link, Altman called one of the country’s leading gastroenterologists for a response. The physician told him he had just returned from his society’s annual meeting and there was no mention of H.pylori at the meeting. Altman wrote the article anyway, and the link was soon proven to be legitimate.

“I’ve never seen the medical community more defensive or more critical of a story,” Altman said. “They argued that with no evidence, this couldn’t be.”

Eventually resolved by one of the researchers simply consuming a beaker of the bacterium and giving himself an ulcer:

In his frustration to prove the connection, Marshall himself ingests H. pylori and documents his subsequent illness and successful treatment with antibiotics. He published those results in 1985. It will take another 10 years before the world’s medical community will finally acknowledge the correlation. And 20 years for the bestowment of a Nobel Peace Prize to Marshall and Warren for their longsuffering work. Indeed, there is no irony in the prize, as so many will attest to the lack of peace while suffering from PUD. (link)

I'm sure the surgical interventionists and the companies selling antacids for stomach ulcers all those years were incredibly grateful for this breakthrough and had no influence on its difficulty in gaining acceptance /s

OH WAIT, I never actually knew the following part of the story before!

In 1958 a general practitioner in Greece by the name of John Lykoudis cured his own gastroenteritis with antibiotics. He then began successfully treating his patients suffering the same and perfected a combination of antibiotics (called Elgaco), which he eventually patented in 1961. However, his Greek peers took a very dim view of his success and he was fined 4,000 Drachmas by the disciplinary committee of the Athens Medical Association. He was also indicted in the Greek courts for something akin to malpractice. The outcome is not entirely clear, but it is said many of his former patients testified on his behalf and he was never incarcerated. He died in 1980, never knowing his vindication.

How eerily familiar!

I think the main thing that's changed in very recent years is the naked weaponisation of the force science wields over the modern secular mindset, in order to browbeat the masses with a new kind of shame-based liturgy. We beat it by directing shame right back.

The clotshot push should have spelt this out for most people in large crayon.

However, 'twas ever thus. Read Against Method by Paul Feyerabend. The idea of a 'pure' version of science ever existing, which was 100% empirically rigorous or ideologically uncontaminated, is a myth which both hamstrings the potential of science to uncover new truths and turns it into an unassailable monolith with too much power over mind and policy.

Just look at the fight it took to establish a link between H. Pylori and stomach ulcers:

Altman said that although many of his stories have received attention, none received more negative attention than a story that he wrote in the 1980s on the link between Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) bacteria and peptic ulcers. When a source called his attention to the possible link, Altman called one of the country’s leading gastroenterologists for a response. The physician told him he had just returned from his society’s annual meeting and there was no mention of H.pylori at the meeting. Altman wrote the article anyway, and the link was soon proven to be legitimate.

“I’ve never seen the medical community more defensive or more critical of a story,” Altman said. “They argued that with no evidence, this couldn’t be.”

Eventually resolved by one of the researchers simply consuming a beaker of the bacterium and giving himself an ulcer:

In his frustration to prove the connection, Marshall himself ingests H. pylori and documents his subsequent illness and successful treatment with antibiotics. He published those results in 1985. It will take another 10 years before the world’s medical community will finally acknowledge the correlation. And 20 years for the bestowment of a Nobel Peace Prize to Marshall and Warren for their longsuffering work. Indeed, there is no irony in the prize, as so many will attest to the lack of peace while suffering from PUD. (link)

I'm sure the surgical interventionists and the companies selling antacids for stomach ulcers all those years were incredibly grateful for this breakthrough and had no influence on its difficulty in gaining acceptance /s

OH WAIT, I never actually knew this part of the story before!

In 1958 a general practitioner in Greece by the name of John Lykoudis cured his own gastroenteritis with antibiotics. He then began successfully treating his patients suffering the same and perfected a combination of antibiotics (called Elgaco), which he eventually patented in 1961. However, his Greek peers took a very dim view of his success and he was fined 4,000 Drachmas by the disciplinary committee of the Athens Medical Association. He was also indicted in the Greek courts for something akin to malpractice. The outcome is not entirely clear, but it is said many of his former patients testified on his behalf and he was never incarcerated. He died in 1980, never knowing his vindication.

How eerily familiar!

I think the main thing that's changed in very recent years is the naked weaponisation of the force science wields over the modern secular mindset, in order to browbeat the masses with a new kind of shame-based liturgy. We beat it by directing shame right back.