The first doctor to postulate washing hands to prevent infection was put into a mental asylum for going against the science
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[quote]The first doctor to postulate washing hands to prevent infection was put into a mental asylum for going against the science[/quote]
Translation: scientists were wrong once; therefore let's dismiss all scientific conclusions and pretend talk show hosts are the true experts.
Now let's get 'sciency' about it. What you presented is an anecdote. Where I studied, they taught us that the plural of 'anecdote' is [i]not[/i] 'data.'
[quote]The first doctor to postulate washing hands to prevent infection was put into a mental asylum for going against the science[/quote]
Translation: scientists were wrong once; therefore let's dismiss all scientific conclusions and pretend talk show hosts are the true experts.
Now let's get 'sciency' about it. What you presented is an anecdote. Where I studied, they taught us that the plural of 'anecdote' is [i]not[/i] 'data.'