To: Fedora
I have come to the conclusion that scientists have to argue so that they can continue to be funded to "prove" their (contrarian) theory.
14 posted on
02/21/2004 10:44:43 AM PST by
marsh2
To: marsh2
> I have come to the conclusion that scientists have to argue so that they can continue to be funded to "prove" their (contrarian) theory.
LOL! I have come to a similar conclusion :) My observation is that scientists and other scholars working on their Ph.D. are under constant peer pressure to propose a "new" theory to justify their dissertation, which cultivates a contrarian attitude. Once they actually get their Ph.D. this attitude carries over into their work, where the funding issue reinforces it.
15 posted on
02/21/2004 12:29:24 PM PST by
Fedora
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