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>The career scientist couldn't care less about being right What you are describing is philosophically, definitively, not science. The career scientist is a sc
by willis936 4y ago
>The career scientist couldn't care less about being right
What you are describing is philosophically, definitively, not science. The career scientist is a scientist who is committed to the scientific method. The career crank is committed to selling the notion that they have all the answers. That could be a citation chaser or a youtube contrarian.
- precompute 4y agoI agree. But unerringly honest people are vanishingly rare, and the second someone with integrity encounters a field of research that could undermine others' research, there is a silent outgrouping and sometimes expulsion. Some science just isn't allowed to breathe.