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Vetocracy is a real thing. It plays an important (devastating) role in scientific progress, even there is a saying about advancement at funeral-based time steps
by enviclash 4y ago
Vetocracy is a real thing. It plays an important (devastating) role in scientific progress, even there is a saying about advancement at funeral-based time steps, making a similar point:
Science advances funeral by funeral.
Science advances one funeral at a time.
Science progresses funeral by funeral.
Knowledge advances funeral by funeral. [1]
The quote is attributed to economist Paul A. Samuelson[1].
[1] https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/09/25/progress/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/09/25/progress/
- O__________O 4y ago- Wikipedia page for Vetocracy: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vetocracy https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vetocracy - Notable prior HN coverage of topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29625988 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29625988
- enviclash 4y agoPerhaps is there a better term to describe vetocracy in science? Wikipedia here just refer to it's application to democratic institutions.
- O__________O 4y agoLikely better to generally the pattern than narrow it, since more surface area it covers, more likely people are to want to understand it. For example, in my opinion, pattern aligns to phrase "not in my back yard" — where ultimately, like in science, if a subject matter is vetoed as being off limits, scientists just go somewhere it is not: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIMBY https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIMBY
- enviclash 4y agoVetocracy and NIMBY under the same conceptual umbrella? I need to think about it, I see the semantic fields have non-intersecting areas that can be contradicting. E.g. how saying no to externalising pollutants to rural areas is a vetocracy?