Things Accepted As True

So AGW, which for years we were told was "settled science", has been exposed as a fraud and a hoax.

We were told that there is no connection between breast cancer and abortion. Wrong.

For the longest time, scientists swore that there is no connection between breast cancer and the Pill, too. Again, wrong.

What these things have in common, of course, is money. Abortion and contraception make a lot of money for their peddlers. And climate change schemes like carbon credits and Cap-n-Trade would have made some people a lot richer (just ask AlGore!) if it hadn't been for a hacker.

So it got me thinking? What "settled science" issue will be exposed next? Given the way money has tainted science - at least in these situations - and how politicized science has become, it's not inconceivable that other Things Accepted As True could become the next Piltdown Man. Liberals will use abuse science to advance their causes, regardless of the real harm that will result. Think The Population Bomb. Think spotted owl. Think some endangered fish in California wreaking havoc with farmers' livelihoods. Some of the Things Accepted As True are just feints to control behavior. At least that's how it seems to me.

Here's a few Things Accepted As True I've come up with:

* 50,000+ deaths a year attributable to second-hand smoke.
* The danger of transfats.
* MSG isn't unhealthy.

Add your own to the combox.