The idea that nature has our best interest in mind is prevalent throughout the anti-science movement. For example, it is common to hear people say, “I’m not going to vaccinate, because I want my children to build immunity naturally, the way that people did for thousands of years.” Similarly, I often hear people claim that, “We should be healing our bodies the way that nature intended by using herbs and oils.” Another common argument is that we cannot improve on nature, and should be using the foods/medicines that nature provided for us, rather than trying to use science to create our own.
All of these arguments are, of course, nothing more than appeal to nature fallacies. As such, they are not logically valid and can be rejected out of hand. Nevertheless, they are so pervasive that I want to look at them further, because once you actually understand nature…
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