chand1986
2025-02-24 13:45:10
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No, I do not refer solely to pure natural science, but also see the bigger picture.
For example, we still do not know what causes cancer. We know some factors that probably promote it, but this is neither 100% certain nor conclusively clarified. For example, smoking is very likely to promote cancer, but not for everyone. There have been new findings again and again in recent years and decades. And it is just as possible that there will eventually be new findings regarding radiation. Maybe not pure radiation, but perhaps in connection with some other factor.
Smoking is not very likely to promote cancer, but proven to promote cancer. The fact that not every smoker dies of cancer is a property of probability distributions.
It is possible to investigate something in connection with other factors. But then the effects can no longer be clearly attributed to the causes. For example, the reason why people with pacemakers must not be exposed to magnetic fields of certain strengths is that the technology reacts sensitively to them. Harmful effects on the human body only occur at much, much higher field strengths. So one cannot conclude that such fields inherently contain risks. They contain specific risks. Fundamental risks are no longer to be expected due to the amount of knowledge. This has been examined thoroughly.