its not groupthink. Its group-dont-think. Like the saying goes, someone wont understand something if their paycheck is predicated on not understanding it. In both cases there are bribes and coercion to ensure that people think the right way about vacs and climate. The surest way to end your career or the research gravy train is to expres…
its not groupthink. Its group-dont-think. Like the saying goes, someone wont understand something if their paycheck is predicated on not understanding it. In both cases there are bribes and coercion to ensure that people think the right way about vacs and climate. The surest way to end your career or the research gravy train is to express the wrong point of view on either of these two issues, and pharmaceuticals in general. We are seeing the end of science in our lifetimes.
it's happened over and over, not just now. Look at what they did to Galileo. Or to the man who first proposed continental drift (now called plate tectonics). They laughed at him. And as the good doctor here has said, human ego is the number one problem, not just in "science", but pretty much in every other area of human life! The ego would rather kill or die than to be wrong.
a) Research requires big bucks and all the bucks are concentrated in a few hands directly and indirectly controlled by big pharma and the foundations favoring AGW.
b) Awareness of science ideas is managed through the narrow funnel of the journals that are controlled by the same powers.
c) Hiring in academia and government is largely controlled by the same powers
d) Govt regulation and International NGO activities are controlled by the same powers.
its not groupthink. Its group-dont-think. Like the saying goes, someone wont understand something if their paycheck is predicated on not understanding it. In both cases there are bribes and coercion to ensure that people think the right way about vacs and climate. The surest way to end your career or the research gravy train is to express the wrong point of view on either of these two issues, and pharmaceuticals in general. We are seeing the end of science in our lifetimes.
it's happened over and over, not just now. Look at what they did to Galileo. Or to the man who first proposed continental drift (now called plate tectonics). They laughed at him. And as the good doctor here has said, human ego is the number one problem, not just in "science", but pretty much in every other area of human life! The ego would rather kill or die than to be wrong.
Some differences between then and now:
a) Research requires big bucks and all the bucks are concentrated in a few hands directly and indirectly controlled by big pharma and the foundations favoring AGW.
b) Awareness of science ideas is managed through the narrow funnel of the journals that are controlled by the same powers.
c) Hiring in academia and government is largely controlled by the same powers
d) Govt regulation and International NGO activities are controlled by the same powers.