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Kind of an ironic tale to tell on a quantum mechanical device that uses satellites which rely on relativity theory and which conveys messages to our eyes using electromagnetic theory...but okay.You are cautioning people? For what reason? So you think you shoild have ignored thevtreatment directives for the bypass surgery? Which one? How would you know which one? To perform the procedure or not?It is precisely what i am describing. While acience will account for new information, you havent made any case for not trusting science, which is obviously what you are dancing around. Trust me...the patients still need bypasses. You are still not connecting their hearts to their colons or their big toes. At no point would you have done anyone a service to reject the science and say it cant be trusted, because it may change. Else you would be virtually paralyzed, unable to treat any patients..But at no point was the vast manority of the body of ideas thrown out. You didnt stop doing bypasses. The fundamental idea remains. What you are describing is akin to modifying the position on a family tree of one fossil. "Upending" previous ideas about that particular fossil hasn't put a dent in the theory of evolution. It remains safe and intact.For example:
When I was a new Perfusionist, we had to perform a certain procedure on every bypass patient. That was standard practice backed by science.
a while after that a new surgeon showed us many studies that showed that this procedure was unnecessary. We stopped.
last year that surgeon retired and we are now going back to using that procedure again. When asked about it, the current chief surgeon linked us to studies showing that it is necessary.
So, at what point was the “science” right, and when was it wrong? Who really knows?
I have seen this scenario play out in many other situations, each time each step was what the “science” said.
That is not what I said.
A procedure that we did when a patient was on bypass was stopped. The procedure was not part of the fundamental idea of bypass. The “science” at the time claimed it was necessary, then it said it wasn’t necessary, now it says it is. That’s not at all like what you are describing.
I don’t know where the disconnect is but you seem to be having trouble with it.
If you are trying to say not to throw the baby out with the bath water, that’s not at all what I’m describing.
People are constantly saying “Listen to the science”, and I’m cautioning people. Science historically has been wrong more often than right.
If we use mask wearing as an example, I’m not calling the epidemic a hoax because I can prove masks don’t work.
All I’m saying is putting all your trust in science and experts without being at least a little skeptical is the wrong way to look at things.
Which one? What benefit would "caution" have brought you, in your scenario? I don't see any.
The tale was to show that science is often wrong. In that case, it really didn’t seem to make a significant difference as long as you don’t factor in the cost.
You are right, to this day I personally don’t think the procedure is necessary but it’s again policy and I must do it. The only point of the tale is to show how science and experts can be wrong.