The article was a lot more enlightening; Brook seemed to be paraphrasing chunks while keeping an eye on the comment feed.
I was wondering how many scientific breakthroughs came to people who were amateurs, or entrepreneurs who needed practical solutions. Clearly, creating a "profession" dedicated to science has not been an unmitigated success. But without that profession, we lack the scale and co-ordination to test the really big ideas.
Maybe we have had our "golden days"; we can't go back, and the slow decline has started.
Sam - apart from a few fields I think we have had our "golden days". Entrepreneurs who need practical solutions may keep the show on the road too, but government-funded science is looking very unhealthy.
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The article was a lot more enlightening; Brook seemed to be paraphrasing chunks while keeping an eye on the comment feed.
I was wondering how many scientific breakthroughs came to people who were amateurs, or entrepreneurs who needed practical solutions. Clearly, creating a "profession" dedicated to science has not been an unmitigated success. But without that profession, we lack the scale and co-ordination to test the really big ideas.
Maybe we have had our "golden days"; we can't go back, and the slow decline has started.
Sam - apart from a few fields I think we have had our "golden days". Entrepreneurs who need practical solutions may keep the show on the road too, but government-funded science is looking very unhealthy.
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