Transcript for the Piece Audio version of An Inevitable Human Weakness

You know that scientists are held to a higher standard than the rest of us. But --- you know as well as I do that even scientists can make mistakes. You heard about the woman who had the wrong embryo implanted. Because a scientist made a mistake it warranted a spot on the national news. On the other hand, every year when millions of people make the same mistake it is accepted as an inevitable human weakness and nobody says a word.