To the editor: What has science given us (“The true value 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 know-how that makes human insulin, all thereby saving hundreds of thousands of lives. Digital units comparable to computer systems and satellites that make fashionable life attainable. Water therapy crops that provide drinkable water. Protections to the ozone layer that preserves all life on Earth. Photo voltaic, wind and nuclear power that provide important electrical energy. The listing is infinite.
There’s usually a optimistic side and a destructive side to many scientific discoveries (e.g. plastics and air pollution), however life as we all know it’s not attainable with out science and its strategies. The primary drawback will not be the way in which science works, however the way in which it’s manipulated with pseudoscience by those that wish to recreation the system to their very own benefit.
Phil Beauchamp, Chino Hills
