Can courts decide what is science and what is not? If they do, is the verdict binding on scientists? - SCI-ART LAB2024-03-28T21:44:08Zhttps://kkartlab.in/forum/topics/some-qs-people-asked-me-on-science-and-my-replies-to-them-part-92?groupUrl=some-science&xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noAuthority of FDA at Risk…tag:kkartlab.in,2024-03-26:2816864:Comment:2524072024-03-26T08:19:31.143ZDr. Krishna Kumari Challahttps://kkartlab.in/profile/DrKrishnaKumariChalla
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<tbody><tr><td bgcolor="" height="100%" valign="top"><div><div>The repercussions of a case before the U.S. Supreme Court involving a pill commonly used in medication abortion go far beyond reproductive rights,<span> …</span></div>
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<tbody><tr><td height="100%" valign="top" bgcolor=""><div><div>The repercussions of a case before the U.S. Supreme Court involving a pill commonly used in medication abortion go far beyond reproductive rights,<span> </span><a href="http://url364.scientificamerican.com/ls/click?upn=u001.D2t-2BQgIFPkkrqQirJgMRFAiBJHJONb-2BfdW5HE3yxLau8FAf2Pf9GjDh93LDBrw6FgUM0fW5djQ-2BdQLTNcpMbbs5ofU-2BQpQXauIafrPv3-2FhChjlI8Ys5ntNIDTbI1mqCE9SaaAn597Uro5LGninOimU9Xbh4mUgywLe7yhBmfCOkrWW31-2FuRwqzwqDx9WzHW6_b-w_2ofTimpI2PCe1bgNHntnMZrHaVv-2BEDSdjXEpvgVHiKm-2Fyn2vZHQH6OzEMZdfEGMv9zMjje4zP6adxLgjsqYfFN-2FzOpsHThOb62wnj0L0aVB-2FwwNpsx1XbSneuLEOb8detgaywt2AXkbXjifVsDNsSgeI-2BwCENHFvgZ6LGutlq0-2BLJdJFXyW30T2MMNS84KsFZXOk1rXMt1OaBxFVcYFG89Q1LI5xo8STtK-2FVtEeJJswd8zKQ7VrXAVfGbeiIAn7Fj7iLouc0-2F5qx-2BasDpJCsqOSxviMAkhwUmLtSWjEwjEORHx6pWFqCeWACZf7mcAktLXLxhlaMLYq5ESg4haQR1Z-2F0qTPmhpWSZxQ-2F8Z1sxTn-2BXyX32uTHlsSEdHR5jxwWJIeyUZ8U3-2B6ZGWPn3dwCB64wSUa-2B2aEf0TFa8BW1ZEJ2b1HFwIeiyDY9mKH18jSplbEuQlLaMk6blqDMTv7ZiPGUwhYu3oqSHPNZVGFc6eHMEZ18tDU1JzD7m8bK-2B7uyiIh649kUVlIYWOg4-2Fy0Z7x5-2FxwTvwPAMBJdm9jORhPO1ISO-2FiZISkIKHaEihlJs8QYLynsBCrXkitVbbfLB76Xo3hpBlfFQP4XtORoFdEUq9oBVjKEAkluhqH3U1gO0-2Bw7MIF3U3fxQHg1QwBOEfBVMOJlw4h-2BRJumLxurJip-2Bp-2BDCG-2B6n2eAwvGV8eLJFMILkRGNetPuQD0IJYqq-2FWpPBozezm018E1PGV-2B87Aq8S96RqZuVQYYEusBdQUel4cd9tZMPitA-2Fd7zSr13Y-2FpwN6WF5iIz6MWFIoiFFeD6FI2xNjXmGSUwv2qfvu3fpXPEvQ46Rcy-2FfLR-2BKR8g3kb-2BuNFBu3-2BD10k8YfUBwvqms6mGJUCwYzxT2tghqUwojinD" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports health and science journalist Liz Szabo</a>. The drug has been used by more than five million people in the U.S. since the Food and Drug Administration approved it in 2000. Mifepristone has a better safety profile than Tylenol and Viagra, analyses show. Medication abortion accounted for 63 percent of all pregnancy terminations in the U.S. in 2023. Oral arguments in the mifepristone case are set for tomorrow.</div>
<div><br/><strong>Why this matters:</strong><span> </span>If the Court limits or bans the use of mifepristone, the decision could undermine the FDA’s authority to regulate all drugs and medical devices, potentially putting people at risk of harm. Such a ruling also could destabilize drug research and development, according to leaders of the pharmaceutical industry.</div>
<div><strong>What the experts say:</strong><span> </span>“It is extraordinarily important that the FDA has the power to set a national uniform standard for all vaccines and drugs based solely on science and evidence,” says Lawrence Gostin, faculty director of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University. “The last thing the public needs is for these scientific decisions to be micromanaged by [layperson] judges.”</div>
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Can courts decide what is…tag:kkartlab.in,2018-04-08:2816864:Comment:1512142018-04-08T03:23:36.901ZDr. Krishna Kumari Challahttps://kkartlab.in/profile/DrKrishnaKumariChalla
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<h1>Some Qs. people asked me on science and my replies to them - Part 92</h1>
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<h4 class="title media-heading"><a href="https://www.legalcrystal.com/case/658550/p-m-bhargava-vs-university-commission" title="PM Bhargava and ors Vs University Grants Commission and anr">P.M. Bhargava and ors. Vs. University Grants Commission and anr.</a></h4>
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<p><b>Court :<span> </span></b>Supreme Court of India</p>
<p><b>Reported in :<span> </span></b>AIR2004SC3478; 2004(4)ALD99(SC); 2004(5)ALLMR(SC)658; JT2004(Suppl1)SC548; 2004(5)SCALE551; (2004)6SCC661; (2004)2UPLBEC1663</p>
<p class="text-justify cf-tweet-this cf-tt-target cf-tt-enabled cf-tt-element-attached-bottom cf-tt-element-attached-center cf-tt-target-attached-top cf-tt-target-attached-center">..... with different bodies and persons.(iii) on january 10, 2001, at its first meeting the expert committee recommended opening of the departments of 'jyotir vigyan' instead of 'vedic<span> </span><b>astrology</b>' in universities for course studies and research leading to the award of certificate, diploma, degrees - both in undergraduate and post-graduate and ph.d.(iv) after the expert ..... introduction of vedic<span> </span><b>astrology</b><span> </span>as a scientific stream of study in universities. an appeal signed by a large number of reputed members of indian scientific community and others against the decision of ..... be acquired through the use of scientific methods and should have attributes like verifiability, fallibility and repeatability. if tested against these accepted and essential attributes of science, vedic<span> </span><b>astrology</b><span> </span>will unarguably fail on most, if not all, parameters mentioned above. learned counsel has also submitted that the scientific community all over india has unanimously protested against the ..... at this stage. the writ petition was accordingly dismissed summarily as not maintainable.5. shri shanti bhushan, learned senior counsel for the appellants has submitted that vedic<span> </span><b>astrology</b><span> </span>is not a science and cannot be introduced in university curriculum as a scientific subject. science is attributed with provable knowledge than with beliefs or opinions and it .....</p>
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<div class="q-relative spacing_log_answer_content puppeteer_test_answer_content"><div class="q-text"><p class="q-text qu-display--block"><span>What are the differences between astronomy and astrology? What are the similarities in their principles?</span></p>
<p class="q-text qu-display--block"><span>Krishna: While Astronomy is genuine science, Astrology is pseudoscience.</span></p>
<p class="q-text qu-display--block"><span>There won't be any similarities between science and pseudoscience because they work in completely opposite directions. No matter how much astrologers pretend that their field is genuine science, science already showed it 's fake long back. Scientists put Astrology among the top three in the pseudo-sciences list. There is no controversy about it in the world of science.</span></p>
<p class="q-text qu-display--block"><span>Now why is Astronomy genuine science? Because it strictly follows scientific method.</span></p>
<p class="q-text qu-display--block"><span>Then why is Astrology pseudoscience? I wrote a big article about it providing all the evidence. Read here what it is: </span><span class="q-inline"><a class="q-box qu-cursor--pointer qu-hover--textDecoration--underline qu-userSelect--text" title="kkartlab.in" href="https://kkartlab.in/group/some-science/forum/topics/debate-between-scientists-and-people-who-practice-pseudo-science-" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">Why Astrology is pseudo-science</a></span></p>
<blockquote class="q-box qu-color--gray qu-borderWidth--retinaOverride qu-borderWidth--thick qu-borderStrictLeft"><p class="q-text qu-display--block"><span>I Know courts in India (1) ruled in various cases that Astrology is science because the lawyers and Astrologers argued that as it deals with planets and stars, it is science. I am 'told' that no genuine scientist was invited to define what science is or argue the case. I don't know how it was dealt with in the courts.</span></p>
<p class="q-text qu-display--block"><span>Scientists are asking the Q if a person is selling medicines, will be become a doctor? He becomes a pharmacist or a businessman by 'dealing with' medicines but not a doctor. Do nurses become surgeons just because they assist doctors in the operation theaters of hospitals?</span></p>
<p class="q-text qu-display--block"><span>If Astrology deals with stars and planets, will it become Astronomy? Will Astrologers become science-dealing scientists in Astronomy? What type of logic is this? It is like saying quacks can be treated as medical doctors just because they 'deal' with patients, medicines and 'treatments'.</span></p>
<p class="q-text qu-display--block"><span>Does a subject that just deals with planets and stars become science? Even if it deals with them in the wrong way? Scientists think the courts got confused that Astrology is Astronomy. No true Astronomer in any country will accept that. While Astronomy is a genuine science subject, Astrology is pseudo-science (2)!</span></p>
<p class="q-text qu-display--block"><span>'Universal minded scientists' anywhere in the world will not accept the verdict of Indian courts that pseudo-scientific Astrology as science. Scientists bound by scientific methods cannot accept this wrong interpretation.</span></p>
<p class="q-text qu-display--block"><span>Now can you publish a paper in any genuine and high standard international science research journal saying that Astrology is science? No, you can't! Because reviewers will throw it into into a thrash can! Because it is an established fact that Astrology is pseudo-science in the world of science (2).</span></p>
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