Let me try to help explain why I in particular have a looser acceptance of the current scientific consensus in general. I can't really speak for others. I'm not just guessing when I say spirituality is real and that we're all in fact a single unitary being. From the significant direct experiences I've had, I'm 99.9̄.% sure that's the case. The dash above the .9 represents the fraction repeating indefinitely. So I leave the tiniest window possible for myself to be incorrect, because 100% certainty in anything can be a very dangerous thing. If I were to express this opinion to the scientific community, how do you think I'd be greeted? Isn't it possible I'd be called something along the lines of a crackpot, or even something far worse? How about Leo and his teachings? Or how about the entirety of the perennial philosophy? Do you really think such methodologies haven't been "debunked" before? My point isn't necessarily to conflate spiritual truths with appropriate health protocols. None of this means that RFK's plans are automatically correct or beneficial. It's just that for me, I can't help but be aware of science's blind spots. If something as fundamental as the true nature of reality can be arrogantly overlooked, why is it so hard to imagine that a relatively small amount of double-blind placebo-controlled studies aren't the godly arbiter of truth they're made out to be? I'm just more open to the potential for alternatives to be true, because I've lived the lonely existence of a true alternative for more than half of my life. We've never really talked about your spiritual experience before. If you have a way lesser conviction about it, everything I'm saying may just be me pissing into the wind. Where do you land on the topic? Any earth-shattering experiences that made you rethink the seeming dualistic nature of our existence?