Dr. Paul Offit

All these innovations, historically, every single one of them have been associated with some human price. There's always a human price to pay for knowledge, always. And I don't think we accept that. We think we're so far along now in the world of science and medicine that that learning curve is finished, and it's never finished.

All these innovations, historically, every single one of them have been associated with some human price. There's always a human price to pay for knowledge, always. And I don't think we accept that. We think we're so far along now in the world of science and medicine that that learning curve is finished, and it's never finished.

that there were adverse events that followed something, whether it was vaccines or whether it was blood transfusions or whether it was chemotherapy, whatever it was that you didn't know about. And so... I think if you ask people, do you think we're going to know more about science or medicine 10 years from now, 15 years from now, 20 years from now, than we know now, everybody would say yes.

that there were adverse events that followed something, whether it was vaccines or whether it was blood transfusions or whether it was chemotherapy, whatever it was that you didn't know about. And so... I think if you ask people, do you think we're going to know more about science or medicine 10 years from now, 15 years from now, 20 years from now, than we know now, everybody would say yes.

that there were adverse events that followed something, whether it was vaccines or whether it was blood transfusions or whether it was chemotherapy, whatever it was that you didn't know about. And so... I think if you ask people, do you think we're going to know more about science or medicine 10 years from now, 15 years from now, 20 years from now, than we know now, everybody would say yes.

But when it comes to their disease or most recently our pandemic, they want you to believe you know everything right now when you don't, because you never do.

But when it comes to their disease or most recently our pandemic, they want you to believe you know everything right now when you don't, because you never do.

But when it comes to their disease or most recently our pandemic, they want you to believe you know everything right now when you don't, because you never do.

Right. What worries me there is that it's scientific innovation without conscience. I mean, without necessarily an overarching ethical, moral conscience, which is historically true of scientists. I mean, scientists will see sort of science uber alice, and they don't necessarily see the bigger picture. I mean, if you look at

Right. What worries me there is that it's scientific innovation without conscience. I mean, without necessarily an overarching ethical, moral conscience, which is historically true of scientists. I mean, scientists will see sort of science uber alice, and they don't necessarily see the bigger picture. I mean, if you look at

Right. What worries me there is that it's scientific innovation without conscience. I mean, without necessarily an overarching ethical, moral conscience, which is historically true of scientists. I mean, scientists will see sort of science uber alice, and they don't necessarily see the bigger picture. I mean, if you look at

at people like William Shockley, who invented the transistor, or James Watson, who was with Francis Crick and Rosalind Franklin, and Maurice Wilkins figured out the structure of DNA. They saw that as the cure-all, that we could, with eugenics and sterilization, that we could make for a better population.

at people like William Shockley, who invented the transistor, or James Watson, who was with Francis Crick and Rosalind Franklin, and Maurice Wilkins figured out the structure of DNA. They saw that as the cure-all, that we could, with eugenics and sterilization, that we could make for a better population.

at people like William Shockley, who invented the transistor, or James Watson, who was with Francis Crick and Rosalind Franklin, and Maurice Wilkins figured out the structure of DNA. They saw that as the cure-all, that we could, with eugenics and sterilization, that we could make for a better population.

Because they just saw science as a cure for everything, not realizing that there are ethical and moral problems with that kind of style. But you see it now. I mean, you see it now with our politics. I mean, the notion that people are coming to this country with bad genes. So that still hasn't gone away.

Because they just saw science as a cure for everything, not realizing that there are ethical and moral problems with that kind of style. But you see it now. I mean, you see it now with our politics. I mean, the notion that people are coming to this country with bad genes. So that still hasn't gone away.

Because they just saw science as a cure for everything, not realizing that there are ethical and moral problems with that kind of style. But you see it now. I mean, you see it now with our politics. I mean, the notion that people are coming to this country with bad genes. So that still hasn't gone away.

This notion of sort of the genetics of intelligence still hasn't gone away, which is frightening.

This notion of sort of the genetics of intelligence still hasn't gone away, which is frightening.

This notion of sort of the genetics of intelligence still hasn't gone away, which is frightening.