Re: [escepticos] Artículo interesante en Wired

[Pedro J. Hdez]

El 29 de octubre de 2009 22:49, Ignacio Torres Masdeu <
ignacio en torresmasdeu.name> escribió:

> An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All
> http://www.wired.com/magazine/2009/10/ff_waronscience/all/1
>
> Un artículo (extenso) interesante sobre el movimiento para evitar las
> vacunaciones infantiles. Ojo, que no tiene nada que ver con la Gripe
> A.
>
> Me ha gustado este párrafo. Es para apuntárselo a la hora de discutir
> con alguien y entender su postura:
>
>    The rejection of hard-won knowledge is by no means a new
> phenomenon. In 1905, French mathematician and scientist Henri Poincaré
> said that the willingness to embrace pseudo-science flourished because
> people “know how cruel the truth often is, and we wonder whether
> illusion is not more consoling.” Decades later, the astronomer Carl
> Sagan reached a similar conclusion: Science loses ground to
> pseudo-science because the latter seems to offer more comfort. “A
> great many of these belief systems address real human needs that are
> not being met by our society,” Sagan wrote of certain Americans’
> embrace of reincarnation, channeling, and extraterrestrials. “There
> are unsatisfied medical needs, spiritual needs, and needs for
> communion with the rest of the human community.”
>

Yo creo que la actitud de los anti-vacunas se debe más bien al efecto
contrario. No han sufrido en sus carnes un mundo de enfermedades infecciones
matando a tus familiares y amigos.

saludos

Pedro J.

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