Re: The Awesomesauce of Science
Reply #96 –
A man-made pandemic could be pretty nasty, but covid helped us prepare for future pandemics.
...only if we take the right lessons from what was an abysmal response in most of the Western World: Determine the threat, mitigate by protecting the most vulnerable, and let actual science proceed — to give us the best understanding possible...
I fear the worst lessons were learned: Ignore or obfuscate the the origin of the threat, impose next to useless societal and economically ruinous strictures, and stifle scientific communication so that only that which supports the strictures is communicated...
Even in the worst case scenario, though: Humanity will likely survive. Natural selection hasn't been obviated — only outlawed!
Perhaps Thought Crime will be our downfall.