In stark contrast to the relatively minor harms posed by pseudoscience, Syndicate Science represents the primary intellectual stagnation confronting humanity in our era
"In every age the men who want us under their thumb, if they have any sense, will put forward the particular pretension which the hopes and fears of that age render most potent. They ‘cash in.’ It has been magic, it has been Christianity. Now it will certainly be science”
With many hundreds of millions of lives taken thru both the pandemonimum and subsequent poison darts, Fauci's version of science doesn't look so benign. I have told people for more than a decade that we have a serious problem in science captured by corporate and political interests. I don't know what percentage of science productions we can trust, but I think it to be a small minority.
How many people has this "Syndicate Science" maimed and killed? It seems to me to be a belief system and I find it frightening, they demand allegiance to this system with no questions to be asked or doubts raised we must take their word as "gospel" and only follow their "science".
This is outstanding analysis! (Admittedly, such comments fail to push the discussion forward, but I couldn't help myself.) Substantive comments follow...
While all of your "signature features" are on-point, a couple stand out to me.
Corruption of the Scientific Method -- when the Followers of the Cult of Systemic Wokeness deemed the scientific method as endemic with "whiteness" and racism, all I could do was shake my head. What we now see is the inevitable result of such a thought framework. Assholes making decisions that ostensibly benefit one identity class, but in fact hurt all.
Emphasis on Clout Over Discovery -- another substack maven, Gurwinder, terms this phenomenon, "the golden hammer." This is the reason why people ask a popular astrophysicist, who shall remain nameless, for his views on, well, everything. This isn't to say he cannot opine and even be correct. It is more to emphasize the fact that he's offering an opinion, just like "some random guy on the Internet" who, by the way, I am proud to be.
"In every age the men who want us under their thumb, if they have any sense, will put forward the particular pretension which the hopes and fears of that age render most potent. They ‘cash in.’ It has been magic, it has been Christianity. Now it will certainly be science”
C. S. Lewis - Prophet
Great quote.
Science by consensus. Bullshirt!! That isn't science at all; it's a popularity contest!
With many hundreds of millions of lives taken thru both the pandemonimum and subsequent poison darts, Fauci's version of science doesn't look so benign. I have told people for more than a decade that we have a serious problem in science captured by corporate and political interests. I don't know what percentage of science productions we can trust, but I think it to be a small minority.
How many people has this "Syndicate Science" maimed and killed? It seems to me to be a belief system and I find it frightening, they demand allegiance to this system with no questions to be asked or doubts raised we must take their word as "gospel" and only follow their "science".
This is outstanding analysis! (Admittedly, such comments fail to push the discussion forward, but I couldn't help myself.) Substantive comments follow...
While all of your "signature features" are on-point, a couple stand out to me.
Corruption of the Scientific Method -- when the Followers of the Cult of Systemic Wokeness deemed the scientific method as endemic with "whiteness" and racism, all I could do was shake my head. What we now see is the inevitable result of such a thought framework. Assholes making decisions that ostensibly benefit one identity class, but in fact hurt all.
Emphasis on Clout Over Discovery -- another substack maven, Gurwinder, terms this phenomenon, "the golden hammer." This is the reason why people ask a popular astrophysicist, who shall remain nameless, for his views on, well, everything. This isn't to say he cannot opine and even be correct. It is more to emphasize the fact that he's offering an opinion, just like "some random guy on the Internet" who, by the way, I am proud to be.
LOL! Well said...
Needed saying. Thank you.
I kinda think it is just human nature...Galileo, John Snow, Semmelweis, etc etc etc....
Why is this a recurring theme throughout history?
Why do we NEVER learn?
Yes, religion just changed robes here.
Nice turn-of-phrase. "Religion just changed robes" is exactly what happened. Anybody care to guess when the beatings and stoning will start? :-)