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In a journal commentary in The American Biology Teacher, Charlotte Moser and Paul Offit, MD, discussed the importance of helping students understand the process of science and critically evaluate information about scientific topics.

Sometimes the outcomes of treatments may be worse than the condition being treated. Lobotomy was one such example.

Scientific concepts are sometimes used to promote personal biases. A particularly dark example is the misuse of genetics in an attempt to create a dominant race, called eugenics.

While scientific discoveries have improved our lives, sometimes, they have been used in nefarious ways.