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   Martin on January 19, 2022 at 10:21 pm

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   Idea: In science there is no authority, just experts.

   Link: https://www.ba-bamail.com/cont...

   AGAINST ALL AUTHORITY! ““If science ceases to be a rebellion against authority, then it does not deserve the talents of our brightest children.”

   Words of Wisdom From One of the Greatest Scientific Minds!

   Link: https://www.ba-bamail.co

   Freeman Dyson was an outspoken scientist that left the world with only his genius and these philosophical ideas we can all appreciate

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  soleo on January 20, 2022 at 3:57 pm

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  Idea: In science there is no authority, just experts.

  Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  More wisdom from Dyson here

  Freeman Dyson - Richard Feynman and his work (58/157)

  Link: https://www.youtube.com/

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   MeterMan on January 19, 2022 at 3:49 pm

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   Idea: In science there is no authority, just experts.

   Link: https://lemire.me/blog/2020/07...

   …. agreed, but this also includes the ignorance of experts…

   Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts

   Link: https://lemire.me/blog/2

   Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts said Richard Feynman. Feynman had a Nobel prize in physics. He was a remarquable educator: his lecture notes are still popular. He foresaw nanotechnology and quantum computing. He is credited with identifying the cause of the Space Shuttle Challenger... Read more

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   Clever Dick on January 19, 2022 at 10:12 am

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   Idea: In science there is no authority, just experts.

   Link: https://www.nature.com/article...

   In the age of pseudo scientific conspiracy theorists trying to educate the world on youtube – maybe some authority is a good thing? Read this for another side of the arguement. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00872-w

   The rise and fall of scientific authority — and how to bring it back

   Link: https://www.nature.com/a

   Robert P. Crease harks back to the shapers of our scientific infrastructure and what they can tell us about how to handle the threat we now face.

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   astronut on January 19, 2022 at 1:00 am

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   Idea: In science there is no authority, just experts.

   Link: https://youtu.be/yUgdrno-2xY...

   “Arguments from authority carry little weight – authorities have made mistakes in the past. They will do so again in the future. Perhaps a better way to say it is that in science there are no authorities; at most, there are experts.”

   ― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

   How Carl Sagan Beat Pseudoscience (The Sagan Method)

   Link: https://youtu.be/yUgdrno

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