I'm a simple man. Frankly, I'm dangerously close to being a simpleton. Sometimes I think I know it all, but really I know only a little. It's very tempting to ask, "what's going on in those secret government bunkers?" I admit it to being curious. Trust is not something that should be given blindly. With all this out of the way, how do I think we should feel about science? Do I trust science? What does science mean to me?
I remain curious about the origins of COVID-19. I hope that we get a full accounting in due time of what happened. For now, let's continue under the assumption that this pandemic was not intentional. That's the way it feels to me.
Look, I am not a religious fundamentalist. I am spiritual, I think, but I don't have an aversion to experimentation. This means that at the end of the day I am going to side with science.
I want to see the new tech. I want to see the new medicine.
But what about when the science bumps up against ethics? For example, do I want experiments being conducted on animals? Rats? Pigs? Monkeys? Humans? Now I'm getting angry. Hell no I don't want animals being treated as test subjects in cruel experiments! But, what if these experiments could yield unimaginably positive benefits for mankind? What do I really believe?
This is hard. I want to support science. I do support science. I also want to support animals. I need to research this issue and figure out how much (if any) abuse occurs. With that said, the question I posed in the previous paragraph looms.
Look (again), I want peace for all sentient beings.
Is it bad to live in a progressive society? I don't think so. Progressive means more rights for more people. That's a great thing. Progress happens because of experimentation. Right? If so, then we should support experimentation in the lab, and in the government.
Ok, the time has expired on my twenty minute twitter challenge to write a blog post addressing, "why y'all need science."
This is why I am only doing well in law school.