Classic
This is wrong on several levels...
First, researchers, academia and scientists study nature and natural phenomena to determine the facts of a matter. They seldom if ever look for practical applications which is generally the job of inventors and engineers. Scientists study things to find facts and Engineers try to apply said facts.
Second, the greater majority of intelligent people recognize science and engineering as the best and the brightest. It's only recently that corporate/political/religious entities have weaponized fake news and misinformation to change peoples views. For example, the politician paid by fossil fuel interests falsely claims the science of renewable energy is questionable. The science is hardly questionable but the politician being bribed to cast doubt and spread misinformation is.
So we need to get our facts straight concerning who is doing what and why.
Bill Burr the comedian had a funny video on this subject. He basically said, only stupid people believe men like steve jobs or elon musk are geniuses. There business men who pay smart people to do all the hard work then try and take all the credit for of it. You think steve jobs picked up a soldering iron and built an Ipad?. Don't be stupid, you don't honestly think they invented any of there products do you?. It was the scientists and engineers they hired who made it happen not steve jobs or elon musk. Bill Burr nailed it...
AC
That’s why we need open source … to root out the bad things.
I’m not sure if it’s laughable or to cry when I look where we are right now in 2023
And we will see more often a “guy with soldering iron” … pop up everywhere taking aim at engineers, scientists researchers and academia … and I can’t say loud that is wrong. At least not when bored to death people using prostitution media to take a “trip to the Moon” or take peek deep into the ocean, while John Doe is told we are far away from anything and all scientific world needs thousands more years to comprehend discoveries +100 years old … while a “guy with a hammer” can make wonders and magic that the same scientific world utterly deny it.
How can we accept that it became easier to jail everyone for the benefit of few ?
I can’t decide to say is wrong or right as you do, but for sure I can say something is very wrong somewhere and soon we will witness some interesting facts as nature will bring the equilibrium in its right and price will be paid by all, good or wrong.
I really can go on for thousands pages … but I guess you got the point.
Classic
One word, mercury.
The fluorescent tubes contain mercury which is toxic and tons of it were ending up in landfills and leaching into our waterways.
https://www.aceee.org/press-release/2022/03/study-mercury-laced-fluorescent-bulbs-should-be-phased-out-leds-now-more
AC
Well, this happened because nobody told John Doe that a fluorescent tube can be lit even when apparently is burnt ..but telling him this would lead to unveil their lies about how electricity work isn’t it ? And then, maybe, John Doe then might have the curiosity to explore a little bit deeper about what else is told wrong by the “smart guy”.
Also I’m not completely sure about mercury effect
while am aware that any abuse of use is poisonous. I’ve played a lot with mercury when I was young and I might have a different idea about the danger of mercury … but if that many idiots are able to drink bleach to get rid of covid I really wonder why we don’t have a full research on this too and completely ban all bleach and bleach contained products, including washed with bleach chicken in the superstore.
Shall I say something about sugar as well ? Or bread ?
You look like someone able to think with its own mind, please check for errors.