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What is the classical scientific standard for proof, and is it appropriate for investigating environmental-related crises, including Covid-19? Yes, a scientific method is necessary, but are there alternatives to the "double blind" experiment. Two ground breaking books, "Our Stolen Future" by zoologist Theo Colborn and "Big Farms Make Big Flu" by evolutionary biologist Rob Wallace, make great contributions in helping answer these questions. And they are absolutely vital if we, the working class, are to make sense of what is happening and are to lead the way away from the brink of absolute disaster. "Humans lived by hunting and gathering for the overwhelming majority of their history. During that era they were reminded every second of their lives of the laws of nature. They never lost their awareness of that world. With industrialization and the urbanization of society, the illusion developed that we live apart from nature. What’s more, the oppressed class – the working class – had it pounded into their thinking that science – the study of the natural world – was the province of academics and that it wasn’t any of our business. Academia was properly more or less under the control of the ruling class. Except in the most general way, it was not the business of the working class to really understand science. Now, we see the rising disasters as the laws of nature threaten to overwhelm human society. No longer can we afford to ignore the discussions and debates among the scientists. Scientists like Theo Colborn and Rob Wallace can serve as a light to help us understand the nature of the crisis that we confront and, most important, what we as the working class can do about it." https://oaklandsocialist.com/2020/04/28/covid-19-and-the-science-we-need-to-understand-it-rob-wallace-and-theo-colborn/ -- *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black Jacobins" by C. L. R. James Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
