>hm wow I bet science is really rigorous and logical
Step into classroom
Day 1: these things are true memorise them
Day 2: why no I don’t know where any of this comes from
Day 3: searching Wikipedia reveals that the scientists whose work we’re learning from were a bunch of deranged lunatics who enjoyed crashing cars, poking around behind their eye with a needle, sungazing, “tickling the dragon” with nuclear cores
Day ?: also the biggest geniuses were even anti-scientific and anti-logical, putting forth their own theories in the face of the available evidence and being proven right later
Day ??: also they didn’t follow safety standards and the lack of safety rules produced new insights like smoking in the lab and tasting a new artificial sweetener by accident
Day ???: also mobs would try to murder anyone who came up with inconvenient things and the scientific establishment would ruthlessly punish those people
Day ????: many of the best scientists were figures of fun at the time
Day ?????: all of these dynamics appear to hold currently. You must be willing to be a deranged pariah with highly eccentric or offensive views to do good science. Also rigour is gay and you can be wrong about details if you just get there first. But also low key you may not live to be recognised and may become a pariah at any time.
Step into classroom
Day 1: these things are true memorise them
Day 2: why no I don’t know where any of this comes from
Day 3: searching Wikipedia reveals that the scientists whose work we’re learning from were a bunch of deranged lunatics who enjoyed crashing cars, poking around behind their eye with a needle, sungazing, “tickling the dragon” with nuclear cores
Day ?: also the biggest geniuses were even anti-scientific and anti-logical, putting forth their own theories in the face of the available evidence and being proven right later
Day ??: also they didn’t follow safety standards and the lack of safety rules produced new insights like smoking in the lab and tasting a new artificial sweetener by accident
Day ???: also mobs would try to murder anyone who came up with inconvenient things and the scientific establishment would ruthlessly punish those people
Day ????: many of the best scientists were figures of fun at the time
Day ?????: all of these dynamics appear to hold currently. You must be willing to be a deranged pariah with highly eccentric or offensive views to do good science. Also rigour is gay and you can be wrong about details if you just get there first. But also low key you may not live to be recognised and may become a pariah at any time.
