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28 January
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Does this sound natural?
"I doubt that the vaccine is safe."
"I understand your concern, but it has already been proved to be safe. Personally, I believe in science."
Does this sound natural?
"I doubt that the vaccine is safe."
"I understand your concern, but it has already been proved to be safe. Personally, I believe in science."
"I doubt that the vaccine is safe."
"I understand your concern, but it has already been proved to be safe. Personally, I believe in science."
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It has been PROVEN to be safe.
Personally, I dislike "believe" in science because it's not like science is a belief. But grammatically speaking, the phrase is correct and is commonly used. :)
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@greek26
Thank you for your advice.
Should I say "follow scientific" or something? What would you say?
Thank you for your advice.
Should I say "follow scientific" or something? What would you say?
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Oh "I believe in science" is commonly used and we understand what people mean with that phrase.
It's just that some people will conflate the meaning and treat it the same way like religion. Like how some people twist the meaning of "black lives matter" and respond with "but all lives matter". So I wish there's a better phrase we can use.
I have yet to hear a widely accepted phrase as an alternative. Maybe, I'd go with "I trust the science behind it."
Or be more detailed, "I'm open to accepting the conclusions of experts in the field, which is not my expertise, based on the prior knowledge that they went through the rigors of scientific inquiry and have produced accurate/trustworthy information before." Funny thing is when people say "I believe in science," they mean something like this.
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I have the same concern as this:
https://www.salon.com/2017/07/07/watch-stop-say...
But the question still remains: how do we better phrase it so people will be more understanding and accepting of the scientific process and scientific thinking.
But I guess this isn't related to your language learning anymore. 😅 またね

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