Thursday, March 5, 2009

Sure, science isn’t that exciting. It tends to offer up steady, incremental bits of knowledge rather than miraculous cures, and there remain a lot of unknowns. But these voids need not be filled with fantasy and snake oil.

And, yes, Big Pharma and big business have had their scandals and excesses, but these have been exposed and denounced by the so-called establishment, and they do not negate the good.

Over time, there has emerged from this “vast conspiracy” pretty good health care.

globeandmail.com: The Internet has changed the nature of scientific debate