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December 2, 2009
R.I.P. Science
Science, as we have understood it since Francis Bacon, is dead.
Like a zombie, it retains a few of the superficial characteristics of life -- lab coats, test tubes, and the occasional Large Hadron Collider -- but none of the essentials that constitute honest intellectual inquiry capable of producing objective, trustworthy conclusions. It cannot and will not be revived until scientists worldwide wean themselves away from governmental funds.Nothing is more addictive than government funding... and governments have no better lever with which to acquire justifications for increasing their power than the "findings" and "discoveries" of government-funded science. Draw the moral. -- Francis Poretto in a comment on Pajamas Media » Pielke Sr.: Climategate Emails Just a Small Sample of a Broad Issue (PJM Exclusive)
Posted by Vanderleun at December 2, 2009 10:24 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
Your Say
Apply what we have learned about climategate to government funded medical research. What will be the purpose of the research that is funded. Who will get the most "funds"? Why, it will be anyone whose research shows how the government can spend less.
Will you be able to believe anything they tell you about what medications you should take. Will it be pure coincidence that the best medications always are the cheapest? Or that research has shown that those who die young are happier than those who languish on miserably.
Posted by: checkers at December 2, 2009 4:49 PM