HIV Skepticism
Dean has a post challenging the theory that HIV causes AIDS. He has lots of sources and it is really interesting reading. I don't know what to think because I am not a scientist, although I went to college and double majored in Biology and Chemistry. I have more than just a basic understanding of science and scientific theory. I have also read Duesberg and found that his assertions haven't been disproved. I find his research credible and he hasn't been debunked by anything newer than "nuh-uh, HIV causes AIDS period", which is scientist talk for "Lalalalala, I can't hear you".
I do know that we, humans, have a habit of believing things if they are repeated enough. Is that what the HIV=AIDS theory is? Repetition or solid science? I just don't know but I do know that doctors and scientists don't like to be challenged by anything. Anything that goes against conventional wisdom is bad, so any scientist brave/crazy enough to say that a theory is wrong will be ostracized and shouted down until they have undisputable proof. Unfortunately, HIV has not been proven to cause AIDS but it has been accepted by scientists as good enough.
Is it right? I don't know. I know scientific theories have been proven wrong in the past, despite the kicking and screaming of the majority before, so who knows what the future holds for HIV=AIDS.
I do know that we, humans, have a habit of believing things if they are repeated enough. Is that what the HIV=AIDS theory is? Repetition or solid science? I just don't know but I do know that doctors and scientists don't like to be challenged by anything. Anything that goes against conventional wisdom is bad, so any scientist brave/crazy enough to say that a theory is wrong will be ostracized and shouted down until they have undisputable proof. Unfortunately, HIV has not been proven to cause AIDS but it has been accepted by scientists as good enough.
Is it right? I don't know. I know scientific theories have been proven wrong in the past, despite the kicking and screaming of the majority before, so who knows what the future holds for HIV=AIDS.
Posted by Rosemary on
12.30.2004
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So far the HIV=AIDS is the best theory going, but it is only a theory. No scientist will ever give you more than a theory. You want more talk to a minster/priest/rabbi/etc. They will each give you "absolute truth" that may or may not agree with observable reality. (Nothing is ever "proven" in science, although some observations recur.
Look at it this way - would you have unprotected sex with someone who is HIV positive?
Either way, you have obviously missed the point that I was making.
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Correlation is not Causation.