I have been a member of AAAS for all of my professional life. In December, I received AAAS’s annual fundraising letter. The letter contained this appeal: It is essential that we ensure science is a strong bulwark against misinformation. We have made progress on this front, but there is much more to do…
The last paradigm-breaking discovery in physics was the cosmic microwave background in 1965. (You might count high-temperature superconductors in 1986.) The last paradigm-breaking discovery in biology was the genetic code in 1957.
Why? My answer is that science has become a career instead of a passion. Science has followed a business model. The way to succeed in business is to minimize mistakes. The way to succeed in science is to maximize successes, which often involves a lot of mistakes.
Thank you for writing this Josh. I personally enjoy considering opinions contrary to mine. I wish the established and entrenched institutions would as well.
Great ! What leaders of absolutely unintelligible progress amongst nerds. Of course, while all this is going on the population, world wide, is being subjected to a deadly campaign of fear and Science has nothing to say about or to address this issue?
That is like a 8th grade crossing guard not doing anything about the 4th grade bullies attacking the kindergartners, but by golly, he sure gets the kids across the street!
"Science" is the Mad Magazine of the intellectual Elite.
Really enjoyed this post! I’ve a curious mind as well and have explored interesting ideas in the electric universe ( no black holes),theories of coronary artery disease (not involving lipids), mathematical improbabilities of Darwinian evolution. They should all be discussed. We assume to much theory to be true.
Thanks for fighting the good fight Josh. I especially appreciated your reference to cold fusion. Dr. Peter Hagelstein of MIT, who used to teach a yearly seminar during winter break on the subject, had a chart that he would show (I don't have a link at present) that summarized across all known Pd-based experiments, success of achieving excess energy vs. degree of Deuterium loading in the Pd... and it was quite persuasive in showing that the more loading toward the theoretical max. the better the output. LENR is a very fitting example of the suppression of scientific progress and inquiry by status quo gatekeepers.
The last paradigm-breaking discovery in physics was the cosmic microwave background in 1965. (You might count high-temperature superconductors in 1986.) The last paradigm-breaking discovery in biology was the genetic code in 1957.
The first half the 20th century was the most fertile time in the history of science. The last 50 years have been barren. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/17/science/science-breakthroughs-disruption.html
Why? My answer is that science has become a career instead of a passion. Science has followed a business model. The way to succeed in business is to minimize mistakes. The way to succeed in science is to maximize successes, which often involves a lot of mistakes.
Thank you for your tireless advocacy for curiosity and open debate Josh. 🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for writing this Josh. I personally enjoy considering opinions contrary to mine. I wish the established and entrenched institutions would as well.
Bravo!
The nice response, hoping you won’t go there.
And you did.
Courageous Truth will destroy the Deadly, quite literally, narrative of the CIA/ Medical Complex
Great ! What leaders of absolutely unintelligible progress amongst nerds. Of course, while all this is going on the population, world wide, is being subjected to a deadly campaign of fear and Science has nothing to say about or to address this issue?
That is like a 8th grade crossing guard not doing anything about the 4th grade bullies attacking the kindergartners, but by golly, he sure gets the kids across the street!
"Science" is the Mad Magazine of the intellectual Elite.
"Established scientists are the ones least able to judge what the science of tomorrow will look like."
Now THAT is an unshakable fact.
They are also among the most conflicted.
Really enjoyed this post! I’ve a curious mind as well and have explored interesting ideas in the electric universe ( no black holes),theories of coronary artery disease (not involving lipids), mathematical improbabilities of Darwinian evolution. They should all be discussed. We assume to much theory to be true.
Thanks for fighting the good fight Josh. I especially appreciated your reference to cold fusion. Dr. Peter Hagelstein of MIT, who used to teach a yearly seminar during winter break on the subject, had a chart that he would show (I don't have a link at present) that summarized across all known Pd-based experiments, success of achieving excess energy vs. degree of Deuterium loading in the Pd... and it was quite persuasive in showing that the more loading toward the theoretical max. the better the output. LENR is a very fitting example of the suppression of scientific progress and inquiry by status quo gatekeepers.