A recent post [1] pointed out how the institutionalization of science makes the correction of long-accepted but mistaken theories well-nigh impossible.
Great article! It deserves very wide attention. But then, facts are unfashionable these days. Truth is of no interest. We live in a world of make-believe. (Perhaps this is true generally, historically.)
But it is not only long accepted "scientific" theories that are hard to challenge. Long established scientific understandings are easily swept aside by faddish imaginings. For example, biology is quite clear about what sex is. But the scientific understanding has been thrown out because it forbids the gender play and imaginings of endless variations of human sexuality. Impersonation is now as good, nay better, than reality. Out with science, and in with the imaginary.
Indeed!
Great article! It deserves very wide attention. But then, facts are unfashionable these days. Truth is of no interest. We live in a world of make-believe. (Perhaps this is true generally, historically.)
But it is not only long accepted "scientific" theories that are hard to challenge. Long established scientific understandings are easily swept aside by faddish imaginings. For example, biology is quite clear about what sex is. But the scientific understanding has been thrown out because it forbids the gender play and imaginings of endless variations of human sexuality. Impersonation is now as good, nay better, than reality. Out with science, and in with the imaginary.