Shane Bergin

So in other words, and we still don't understand, and Annie will know an awful lot more about this than I do, but we don't understand how we went from chemistry to biochemistry.

And that's fundamental.

We just don't know.

Otherwise, we would be able to synthetically create life.

Yeah, very interesting.

Yeah, so we read all the time that scientists are amongst the most trustworthy profession.

The problem is, is that people also trust other sources of information, right?

And this story, which is from Edelman, which is a private company, but it's reported in Nature, says that a staggering number of people believe unproven claims about health and science.

From their survey, they said that two thirds of people, 16,000 of whom were surveyed, believe at least one bogus issue, such as raw milk is healthier than pasteurised milk or paracetamol when pregnant may cause autism.

Fluoride is bad for you.

Childhood vaccines are dodgy, etc.

Right.

The classics.

Raw milk isn't better for you.

No.

I haven't looked into it.

And maybe, you know what, you put your finger on it, right?

Because whilst the number of people who believe that they're true ranges from 32% of people believe that animal protein is healthier than plant-based protein, that's the highest,

Down to 25% of people believe that vaccines are used to control the population.

I feel what's more interesting is the number or percentage of people that talk about not knowing.