From my perspective science is never and should never be settled. Personally, I prefer to carry out my own research and make up my own mind. Modern science is built atop the dogmas that preceeded it, equally I have a feeling that the current cutting edge of our scientific consensus will one day be viewed as akin to medieval cures for gout.
“Take an owl and pluck it clean and open it, clean and salt it. Put it in a new pot and cover it with a stone and put it in an oven and let it stand till it be burnt. And then stamp [pound] it with boar’s grease and anoint the gout therewith.”
The mutual exchange of opposing ideas is what drives us forward as a species and it is how we learn.
Absolutely - to quote my favourite medical professional "Medicine is still in the dark ages".
Hey, thanks for that! My owl hasn't squawked about his gout for like a whole five hours now, but ahhh, how do I get him to move again, how long does it usually take?