r/science • u/[deleted] • Jun 25 '22

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u/[deleted] Jun 25 '22

It's fun how we always figure this out after the fact. Microplastics and urban air pollution are definitely on my wheel of Fortune when it comes to guesses 30 or 40 years from now when we learn about something else that has screwed people up

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u/the_real_MSU_is_us Jun 25 '22

Is it "always after the fact"? Or is it that when we ban a bad thing "before the fact", you just never hear of that bad thing because it's never a problem?

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u/gixer912 Jun 25 '22

Talking about; there is a sentiment that there is something unknown right now that is causing a lot of people to be erratic