Science is not about votes or people's will. It is wholly and solely about fact. But facts can be manipulated. Science debunks manipulated facts otherwise known as untruths. Truth turns up only when no stone is unturned.
Scientists are investigators through and through. Science is a fact-finding mission first and foremost. Its findings have to be peer-reviewed so that doubts can be raised and addressed.
That's why secret science projects always arouse public suspicion. In an open society, we have elected officials monitor secret science projects. But we are still skeptical, knowing that elected officials could be corrupt. In a close society, meanwhile, skeptics are always at risk of extinction.
Compared to autocracy, democracy is much more conducive to self-rectification because everything under the sun is subject to debate. No serious science can thrive without open debate.
Science is not democracy but it benefits hugely from democracy, and vice versa.
Science is not about votes or people's will. It is wholly and solely about fact. But facts can be manipulated. Science debunks manipulated facts otherwise known as untruths. Truth turns up only when no stone is unturned.
Scientists are investigators through and through. Science is a fact-finding mission first and foremost. Its findings have to be peer-reviewed so that doubts can be raised and addressed.
That's why secret science projects always arouse public suspicion. In an open society, we have elected officials monitor secret science projects. But we are still skeptical, knowing that elected officials could be corrupt. In a close society, meanwhile, skeptics are always at risk of extinction.
Compared to autocracy, democracy is much more conducive to self-rectification because everything under the sun is subject to debate. No serious science can thrive without open debate.
Science is not democracy but it benefits hugely from democracy, and vice versa.
Author: renqiulan
do application research. I'm ok with it.
以前我做postdoc的时候，碰到了一个“特殊”的老板（我说"特殊"是因为这里不想评价他）。有一天，在他的巨型办公室，我俩分坐在对角线的位置，相隔10米不止。那是一个冬天的黄昏，他不开灯，黑得脸都看不清。我告诉他，他想要的data不可能得到，我详细地论证、说明。然而他却说，你那么聪明的人是应该能得到的。
我告诉 That’s the fact.
他笑笑说，no no no，假如马路上出了一个交通事故，你站在马路的一边，我站在马路的另一边 –
Then we are seeing two different facts.
几个月后，我离开了他的实验室去了industry。坦率地说，那句话在后来的日子里对我非常有帮助。那是我成年以后听到的最振聋发聩的话之一。
when people stop others speaking, rhat means fake truth, fake news
(发自我的文学城离线浏览器)