Without fringe science, mankind would be without many of the medical discoveries we take for granted - including genetics, antisepsis, the circulation of blood and germ theory. Progress in science mostly occurs in the fringes, for that is the nature of science - never arriving at a permanent destination and always pressing forward.
Wonderfully said once again. I didn't learn of Lysenkoism until just a few years ago. And I have an advanced degree in science before medicine, with many arts electives. It's a history that we should be teaching, and shows the importance of a grounding in history, philosophy, and the arts in general even for those destined to work in STEM fields.
You are a brilliant analyst, humanist, writer, and chronicler. We will need to make sure that writings such as yours are preserved. At one point those who are harming our children, and frankly harming everyone (there are NO true indications for vaccinating anyone IMHO and the other NPIs were pure garbage of epic proportions) will face the music and you will be one of the star witnesses. We are living truly in the age of resurgent Lysenkoism. Evidence based medicine is now more like, as Harvey Risch said, "Eminence Based Medicine".
A wonderful article. Thank you for the beautiful prose on an observation of current state of science. Such a sham over the last couple of years! Most doctors in Western Society seem to have a much more narrowed focus in their education. I believe to the point of becoming pharmaceutical reps instead of healers.
Wonderfully said once again. I didn't learn of Lysenkoism until just a few years ago. And I have an advanced degree in science before medicine, with many arts electives. It's a history that we should be teaching, and shows the importance of a grounding in history, philosophy, and the arts in general even for those destined to work in STEM fields.
Absolutely.
You are a brilliant analyst, humanist, writer, and chronicler. We will need to make sure that writings such as yours are preserved. At one point those who are harming our children, and frankly harming everyone (there are NO true indications for vaccinating anyone IMHO and the other NPIs were pure garbage of epic proportions) will face the music and you will be one of the star witnesses. We are living truly in the age of resurgent Lysenkoism. Evidence based medicine is now more like, as Harvey Risch said, "Eminence Based Medicine".
Frightening prospect though it sure seems to be where we are going.
A wonderful article. Thank you for the beautiful prose on an observation of current state of science. Such a sham over the last couple of years! Most doctors in Western Society seem to have a much more narrowed focus in their education. I believe to the point of becoming pharmaceutical reps instead of healers.
Same play as with anthropogenic global warming/climate change: “The science is settled.”
Based.