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General Science / Re: Free speech and government scientists
« on: 06/11/2013 15:23:04 »
and of course it is not just science, seems to happen with any group of humans:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/05/us/nfl-dolphins-richie-incognito-suspended/?hpt=hp_t2
"Once you sign that contract there's a lot of rules, written and unwritten, that you are expected to follow," he said. "For me, this is something that should be handled internally. I don't think the media, I don't think fans, I don't think anyone outside is really in a position to really fully understand what occurs inside of a locker room and inside of a football team."
A well censored group is an environment that allows bullies (alpha male/females?) to thrive for the good or determent depending on your point of view (military, politics, strict adherence to the party line or you better leave the group). But lack of censorship is one feature that has always set science apart from other human activities and why censorship is so distasteful (imo). Eventually science distills the ideas most consistent with observation from those that arise from other objectives . But it only applies to the scientific method, not groups of scientists, hence, "Science advances one funeral at a time.—A popular paraphrase of Max Planck's “A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.” "http://squashed.tumblr.com/post/802449972/science-advances-one-funeral-at-a-time
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/05/us/nfl-dolphins-richie-incognito-suspended/?hpt=hp_t2
"Once you sign that contract there's a lot of rules, written and unwritten, that you are expected to follow," he said. "For me, this is something that should be handled internally. I don't think the media, I don't think fans, I don't think anyone outside is really in a position to really fully understand what occurs inside of a locker room and inside of a football team."
A well censored group is an environment that allows bullies (alpha male/females?) to thrive for the good or determent depending on your point of view (military, politics, strict adherence to the party line or you better leave the group). But lack of censorship is one feature that has always set science apart from other human activities and why censorship is so distasteful (imo). Eventually science distills the ideas most consistent with observation from those that arise from other objectives . But it only applies to the scientific method, not groups of scientists, hence, "Science advances one funeral at a time.—A popular paraphrase of Max Planck's “A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.” "http://squashed.tumblr.com/post/802449972/science-advances-one-funeral-at-a-time