If anything, writing froze ideas (see religion), whereas speaking them from generation to generation allowed the dross to slough off good ideas. Does good scien

If anything, writing froze ideas (see religion), whereas speaking them from generation to generation allowed the dross to slough off good ideas. Does good science require writing? That's a good debate to have. Are written notes essential for scientific progress/discovery? Maybe. If failures are recorded and researchable, then I would argue yes, because it is likely only the successes were transmitted with spoken word.