As ever, it is a delight to learn the ways in which we’re thinking wrong, care of Adam Mastroianni.
"Nobody thinks they can whip up an iPhone in their garage over the weekend, but most people think they know how to save the children, fix the schools, reform the prisons, overhaul healthcare, repair politics, restore civility, and bring about world peace. Perhaps that’s why we have iPhones and we don’t have any of those other things."
#Essays #Science #ScientificLiteracy
https://www.experimental-history.com/p/how-to-get-7th-graders-to-smoke
@MLClark
Best quote:
"For example, if you think the solution to political polarization is to drug Congress with magic mushrooms, then a) nobody’s ever going to prove you wrong, and b) I think I know which anti-drug program you got in high school."
I laughed a second time reading it requoted here! Glad you enjoyed the piece, too.