I largely agree with you. I come from a science background and the whole point of science at its core is to hypothesise, conduct experiments to try and prove and disprove the hypothesis using clearly stated methods and to then form some conclusions that are MEANT TO BE CHALLENGED. None of it is actually solid proof until those results are repeated by others again and again and even then it’s meant to lead to further research and retesting of the methodology and the resultant findings. Thousands of studies on a daily basis are proven to be inaccurate or carry results that are not reproducible. It’s really all about ongoing discovery and improvement. The MSM does not understand this at all and takes everything as fact immediately. This is actually not how true science and research works. And, yes, some researchers are in the pockets of their funders so there’s that too which inevitably leads to bias. But they are often proven to be incorrect or biased as the research evolves and is challenged later on down the line. It’s not static; it’s all very dynamic. It evolves. Others in the same field critique each other’s results and repeat the tests, frequently pointing out failures in methodology or suggesting improvements. Papers are also withdrawn - the MSM doesn’t follow up on that at all! So you’re left with published stuff in the public domain that is taken as fact when in fact it’s already been disproven or is out of date. Those within science circles understand this but they are largely not to be found on social media or “online” discussing this. Those who are, are often hell bent on some kind of agenda or are actually failed scientists who “want to be heard” or have huge egos. And one has to bear in mind that all the ongoing and latest research is often hidden behind publication paywalls and not in the public domain at all. Add to this, those who try and interpret the findings that don’t have the understanding of the topic involved, so they just end up latching onto one sentence and base all their opinions on that alone often to further their agenda. Drives me nuts. /rant over.
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lots of this stems from how "science" works nowadays. Academia is an industry that produces publications and brainwashed drones not novel research. At least not as primary output.
Focusing on being published and securing more funding, of reviewing enough papers that someone else will review yours etc, there is soo much bullshit in the real of scientific research because again we've left things to take the turn for the worst and now everyone needs permission to do everything and governmental approved funding.
noones priority is reproducible research because the researchers are usually light years removed from practical application of said research. Because only the big corporations have the resources to fight/bribe/buy/outlast the slow destruction of human spirit by the governments.
Imagine you discover a brilliant new way to cure cancer. You have no hopes of ever getting anything out of it unless you sell the idea to a big pharma company. Imagine if you could focus on good research with reproducible data, have established pipelines where other researchers could easily repeat your experiments or expand on them. Data and process is open source.
You can organize animal/human testing because surely there is a line of cancer patients on their death beds that would love to try something that might save them despite not being approved by the latest fat cat sitting in the right chair.
You don't need FDA approvals and kickbacks. You can contract small labs that can exist because governments should fuck off and leave everyone to do what they want, make a partnership with them and start producing small batches, partner with clinic or doctors etc.
At the same time other small labs around the world might pop up doing the same. Because everyone can make money out of it on small scale. And plenty of it, just not enough to create another global world dominating future shaping extension of government conglomerate. Because you don't need that insanely big monstrosity with layers of yes men, endless amounts of lawyers and paper pushers just to fight every jurisdiction, to bribe every politician, to try to insert yourself into everyones lives to sustain your growth.
No, you can operate as a small business, unencumbered by the tyranny of the state.
If you remove the coercion out of any problem all of the sudden things become much easier.
It’s always the fucking government and the sheep’s obedience to authority