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| Steps of the Scientific Method |
Science has always been under fire.
Science follows method, questions itself and changes what once were conventional truths.
In Thomas Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum's book "That Used to Be Us," they intriguingly compare the "war on math" to the budget fights on capital hill; the "war on physics"... to climate change.
There is a war on science in this country, an intractable pain in our collective assets (pun intended), as real as the bully that traumatizes the "nerd" for the sin of intelligence. The bully, if triumphant, molds the victim into silence, mimicry of his/her inane behavior, or in some very sad cases: suicide.
Sadly, part of "conventional truths" challenged by data or new facts crowds in on turf set by power structures threatened by such truths, such introspection that only expands knowledge; illuminates the darkness of ignorance: challenges the un-intellectual "bullies." It was the same with Copernicus and Galileo; it is the same now.
Sadly, part of "conventional truths" challenged by data or new facts crowds in on turf set by power structures threatened by such truths, such introspection that only expands knowledge; illuminates the darkness of ignorance: challenges the un-intellectual "bullies." It was the same with Copernicus and Galileo; it is the same now.
Ignorance is bliss, strength, power and with respect to global competitiveness, a cynical, dangerous means to keep it.
Physics Today: Science controversies past and present
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