Re: What Happened to Proven Sciences?

Hi. Re: "What Happened to Proven Sciences?", listen to/Read this Researcher's [personal?] opinion:

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Science is Broken - Gary Novak

1. Science is in a state of decay due to corruption. Science sets the standards of rationality for society. What happens to science will happen to all of society.

2. Engineering and technology are not science. They produce a product which tests the result. The only product of science is knowledge, which is too abstract and illusive to resist corruption.

3. Here's how junk science works. It's analogous to Joe and Sam growing potatoes. Joe wears brown shoes, and Sam black shoes. Joe gets five kilograms per square meter, and Sam gets six. Therefore, wearing black shoes will produce a better yield than wearing brown shoes.

4. The latest fraud in Washington is outcome-directed science. It destroys discovery research, because discoveries cannot be dictated. Real progress stems from finding new ways of acquiring information, and the results are not predictable and cannot be directed.

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http://nov55.com/ovr.html
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