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> In any case, hero-worship of scientists is very silly. The Nobel Prize bears a lot of the blame for this I think it's more that it gets indoctrinated in the
by glitcher 5y ago
> In any case, hero-worship of scientists is very silly. The Nobel Prize bears a lot of the blame for this
I think it's more that it gets indoctrinated in the process of learning math and science, where every historic formula, theory, hypotheses, and law, is named after someone. It's easy to overlook that all those someones were complex, flawed human beings. And as you allude to, many great discoveries are the work of many. But when learning science, I feel like the history often gets glossed over and tends to overlook the less famous contributors to great ideas.