The only reason I keep Facebook is for unhinged stuff like this

  • Senal@programming.dev
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    21 hours ago

    All low hanging fruits we know of.

    This is one of those unknown unknown situations where there are things were don’t even know to be looking for.

    Like microbes, yes we posited something like them, but the full implications the confirmation weren’t understood until after.

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      20 hours ago

      You believe a layman is still able to discover something in medicine. We’ll see.

      Various new snake oils (ivermectin or urine for cancer , COVID and whatnot) sure aren’t it.

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        20 hours ago

        You believe a layman is still able to discover something in medicine. We’ll see.

        I think the belief that “the only place innovation can come from is trained scientists” is arrogant and unscientific, even in specialised fields.

        Im not suggesting people will be producing testable medical end- products on the weekends.

        Just that some things are worth testing/looking into, even if its suggested by someone not wearing a white coat.

        If anything, the lack of low hanging fruit in the current common knowledge base should be an incentive to look in unorthodox places.

        In addition there’s a wealth of historical information that is siloed by culture, language and accessibility (among other things).

        That includes dusty old tomes in buried cities but also folk remedies passed down among small villages or families and everything in-between.

        Various new snake oils (ivermectin or urine for cancer , COVID and whatnot) sure aren’t it.

        Absolutely agree.