Aug. 8, 2025 8 AM PT
To the editor: What has science given us (“The true cost of abandoning science,” Aug. 6)? The Haber-Bosch course of that makes sufficient nitrogen fertilizer to feed half the world. Smallpox and polio vaccines, antibiotics and DNA expertise that makes human insulin, all thereby saving tens of millions of lives. Digital units akin to computer systems and satellites that make trendy life potential. Water remedy vegetation that offer drinkable water. Protections to the ozone layer that preserves all life on Earth. Photo voltaic, wind and nuclear power that offer important electrical energy. The checklist is infinite.
There may be usually a optimistic side and a unfavourable side to many scientific discoveries (e.g. plastics and air pollution), however life as we all know it’s not potential with out science and its strategies. The principle drawback is just not the best way science works, however the best way it’s manipulated with pseudoscience by those that need to sport the system to their very own benefit.
Phil Beauchamp, Chino Hills
