I agree we benefit from sun exposure, what I don't agree with is a lot of the anti-science BS I'm seeing in this thread.
1. No, tanning isn't good. We've known that for a long, long time. Remember tanning beds? Why don't people do that anymore?
2. Yes, you DO produce vitamin D while wearing sunscreen
3. Yes, you DO get mental health benefits from being in the sun with sunscreen
4. No, sunscreen DOES NOT cause cancer
These aren't even opinions. These people just don't know anything about anything, which is fine, but then they talk like they have it all figured out. Because their wrinkly granny survived the sun or something.
Can we stop with blatant misinformation? Why is this still such a problem on the internet and why is it a problem on hacker news?
1. No, tanning isn't good. We've known that for a long, long time. Remember tanning beds? Why don't people do that anymore?
2. Yes, you DO produce vitamin D while wearing sunscreen
3. Yes, you DO get mental health benefits from being in the sun with sunscreen
4. No, sunscreen DOES NOT cause cancer
These aren't even opinions. These people just don't know anything about anything, which is fine, but then they talk like they have it all figured out. Because their wrinkly granny survived the sun or something.
Can we stop with blatant misinformation? Why is this still such a problem on the internet and why is it a problem on hacker news?