Lately I've seen several comments around the net along the lines of "Scientists are just guessing about stuff. There's a 50-50 chance that they're right or wrong".
So, if this is how you think, I'm "guessing" that:
- You never fly in an airplane, because how could all that "guessing" keep a plane in the sky?
- You never ride in car, because how could "guessing" come up with brakes and steering that are going to work every time?
- You never see a doctor or a dentist, or take prescription medicines, because they're all just "guessing" too, right?
- You never drink water, because whether it's from the tap or from a plastic bottle, the scientists who say that it's free from chemical and biological contamination are only "guessing".
- You never watch TV, or use a computer or a mobile phone; why bother, when there's only a 50-50 chance that anything will happen when you push the button? All that technology stuff is just designed by "guessing".
- You never lock your door when you go out, because there's only a 50-50 chance that it will lock, and a 50-50 chance that the key will work again when you come home, right?
- You never use money, or measure wood for cutting, or cook with a recipe, or do anything that requires any kind of math or arithmetic, because math, like the rest of science, is just "guesswork"! There's only a 50-50 chance that 2+2 = 4 at any given time.
Science deniers, I congratulate you on being too smart to let those lazy, crooked scientists fool you!
It must be really hard to live in this world without any science whatsoever, though. I guess you live off the land. Pretty rough – especially considering that your anti-science principles won't allow you to rub two sticks together to make a fire, or make a club to whack squirrels over the head for food, or think about whether the stream water you're drinking is pure, or notice what plants the animals eat to help you figure out what is safe… because that's all science!
And science BAD!