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.
ReplyDeleteI 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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