Science Is Built on Open Debate
A while back, I wrote two articles that were apparently less controversial than I thought that they would be. One was on how just as we know that Tylenol may induce Autism if absorbed in utero, there might be something else in the myriads of other drugs. Then I wrote an article about how there are only men and women. Both are part of the scientific consensus that is being debated. I am happy that our community is willing to have a questioning mind. You might not immediately see the connection, but I will show you that they come together in how science is practiced, by questioning the science.
We are told to just follow the science, but this often means to just follow the consensus of the established scientists who are human and can make mistakes, just like you or I. The reason that we do not blood let is because someone questioned the science. The reason that people are no longer exposed to the pesticide DDT is because someone questioned the science.
Questioning science is how you do science. There are two recent and hotly debated positions that I would like to address on both vaccines and gender transition. While I think that the findings are sound, I am still open to debate and it seems that debate is taking place right now.
Scientists at the Center for Disease Control (CDC) recently updated their position, saying on their website that the link between vaccines and autism has never actually been studied. “[T] he claim ‘vaccines do not cause autism’ is not an evidence-based claim because studies have not ruled out the possibility that infant vaccines cause autism.”
For years, people were both claiming and heavily implying a link between these two. However, they were mocked, deplatformed, cancelled, or fired for doing so. I honestly do not know if there is a connection. If a child were entrusted to my care, I would not just give him peanut butter or shellfish and hope for the best. I would check to see if he had any allergies first. I know three people who are allergic to latex and so some gloves can kill them if used. We apply caution consistently in all other areas; shouldn’t we do the same when scientific consensus is uncertain? In truth, precaution in children’s health should be consistent across domains even and especially when it comes to medication. Let us talk about another issue concerning children.
The Department of Health and Human Services posted an official study about gender transition surgeries. Maybe I am naïve, but removing healthy organs from a child, is not just creepy and unnecessary, it is also medically abusive and should be illegal. I know that and I am just a sacker in a grocery store.
A new peer-reviewed study from the Department of Health and Human Services found consequences such as: infertility or sterility, sexual dysfunction, impaired bone density accrual, adverse cognitive impacts, cardiovascular disease, metabolic disorders, psychiatric disorders, surgical complications, and regret. Nine experts, including physicians, found no fault in the report. Let me give you a real life example of how this misapplied science can harm families.
I recently read about a case in Dallas involving a boy named James who wanted to transition to become a girl named Luna. However, this behavior only manifested while James was with this mother. When James was with his father, he was a boy. This seems to imply that James was not as confident about the change as one would believe. This eventually led to James being permanently removed from his father’s custody. We also have cases of the state taking away children if their parents will not allow them to surgically or chemically transition, which as noted above is dangerous.
We do not allow these kids to smoke, drink, get a tattoo, or vote. However, we let them make life-altering decisions. There is also a huge movement called de-transition in which the regret is so bad that the kids want to change back even before they are adults. I am also worried about forced medical procedures.
If you want proof of that, look up the Eugenics Movement and the Tuskegee Experiment, but I might talk more about that next time.
Scientists can change their minds based on new information, but children only get one shot at life. If something could harm these children, we need to closely examine it with open debate.