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Two issues. First, no math problem or physics problem or chemistry problem or science problem involves politics or ethics. Give great scientists a great proble
by unabst 6y ago
Two issues.
First, no math problem or physics problem or chemistry problem or science problem involves politics or ethics. Give great scientists a great problem, and they will solve it. It's always up to the administrators and managers and executives to tell them when to stop, often by cutting funding or firing. These are not the scientists, though they may be made to represent them.
Ethics and politics is a completely separate discipline from logic and science. But often those doing the logic and science aren't given a say. They are just placed in their labs and made comfortable.
Second, most scientists know when they are right. You can check your work. You know how you did it. You are aware of what you understand. And being right is mostly enough in a purely scientific context.
But in the real world, you have the Donald and an endless army of careerists who don't mind serving for a naked king that get to decide what is right.
For the most part I don't believe scientists have much of a communication problem. They trade information and are happy to make progress. That's about it.