The Mayans drove themselves to extinction through human sacrifice fueled by a cultural hysteria over something which wasn’t happening.
Posted on 04/10/2022 6:16:06 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Science is in its worst state since the burning of Giordano Bruno (1600) and the trial and conviction of Galileo (1633). The wounds it has suffered are largely self-inflicted. Science advances by questioning the current state of knowledge and by attempting to fill the gaps identified by examination of the germane data pertinent to the discipline. Any attempt to stifle vigorous—even if heated—debate is an assault on science. Over the past three decades dissent from what some consider orthodox scientific theories has been ridiculed rather than refuted.
Consider the interaction between Albert Einstein and Niels Bohr about the implications of quantum mechanics. Einstein constantly peppered Bohr with a litany of objections to the statistical nature of quantum mechanics and pointed to the seemingly astounding implications inherent in the theory. Eventually, Bohr and others were able to answer all of Einstein’s objections to quantum mechanics, but the field was immeasurably advanced by having to deal with the complicated and sophisticated issues raised by Einstein. Einstein’s prestige was so great that he could not be demeaned nor ignored.
Many of the great scientific issues of today seem governed by dogma rather than debate. The inflexible response to the COVID pandemic was pre-conditioned by the anti-scientific restrictions imposed, mostly by scientists, on several major scientific problems that have come to prominence and importance over the past decades.
Consider climate change. I’m not concerned here with the details and accuracy of the claims made by scientists who study the problem. My subject is the reaction of many of those scientists to the questions and doubts of other scientists as to the correct assessment of their data and the predictions that could be made with reasonable confidence from those data.
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The science is settled.
Science is scuttled.
Science has been corrupted by ideology, money and quest for power. People should be skeptical of anyone who claims they represent science.
Science is about always asking questions
so when some so-called “scientists” try to stop & stifle any further questions about climate change, vaccine effectiveness, origins of Covid, etc., that’s the OPPOSITE of Science
REAL scientists aren’t afraid to put their theories to the test ... but the frauds are very afraid to do that, because then their lies will be found out
so the intimidation by the frauds and their Media pals continues
“the field was immeasurably advanced by having to deal with the complicated and sophisticated issues raised by Einstein”
Yes, I can see how just about anything could be immeasurably advanced by questions from Einstein.
The President of the Italian Senate some years ago wrote, [paraphrase] the western human knowledge rested on a three legged stool, what can man know—science; what should man do—ethics; and what is man allowed to hope for—religion.
My extension of this line of reasoning is:
Those afraid of God became atheists and due to fear advocated that there was no God and in doing so removed all issues of “should” and “hope” leaving a perverted “science” as a lone substitute for God.
The Mayans drove themselves to extinction through human sacrifice fueled by a cultural hysteria over something which wasn’t happening.
Liberal Democrats think they are ABOVE God. In order to "correct God's mistake", they support genital mutilation of little boys and little girls, but primarily little boys.
Science is racist.
One of the most important quality of a scientist is to be a skeptic, including of his own work.
In today’s world of scientism, skeptics are burned at the stakes.
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