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The organic food industry, for example, doesn’t allow the use of synthetic pesticides but does allow the use of so-called “natural” pesticides. In many cases the natural pesticides are less effective and more damaging to the environment than their synthetic alternatives. Some natural pesticides, like copper sulfate and rotenone, can be highly toxic. And yet they’re not viewed with the same caution, simply because they are “natural.”
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Science is also not directly about truth, but rather about building testable models that predict how the universe behaves.
the conspiracy theory as the last refuge of the intellectual scoundrel.
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