To the editor: What has science given us (“The true price of abandoning science,” Aug. 6)? The Haber-Bosch course of that makes sufficient nitrogen fertilizer to feed half the world. Smallpox and polio vaccines, antibiotics and DNA expertise that makes human insulin, all thereby saving tens of millions of lives. Digital gadgets similar to computer systems and satellites that make fashionable life potential. Water remedy vegetation that offer drinkable water. Protections to the ozone layer that preserves all life on Earth. Photo voltaic, wind and nuclear power that offer important electrical energy. The record is countless.
There may be typically a optimistic facet and a damaging facet to many scientific discoveries (e.g. plastics and air pollution), however life as we all know it isn’t potential with out science and its strategies. The principle downside just isn’t the best way science works, however the best way it’s manipulated with pseudoscience by those that need to sport the system to their very own benefit.
Phil Beauchamp, Chino Hills
