The limitations of science; first impressions can disappear (The limitations of science)

by romansh , Monday, February 07, 2011, 00:39 (5037 days ago) @ David Turell

I'm not. Instant gratification appeared in the next generation after mine. As a practicing physician I can give you a list of drugs first thought safe and then had to be withdrawn as much larger numbers revealed the danger.-I believe you David, medicine is like building bridges - we learn from our mistakes. We may be able to avoid the obvious ones but we will just start making ever subtler mistakes. -As a physcian, I heartily commend you wanting to avoid making mistakes. But science is about testing theories - sadly with medicine the costs of mistakes can be particularly high.-But we are not going to get perfection in our or anyone else's lifetime. This is my point.