Such an idea has never occured to me. Now that I am in shock and realizing it is true, it's just so obvious that you are right. How the idea never occured to me is also shocking (lol).
This explains so much -- even more than the fake news brainwashing.
So-called "scientists" who know nothing about science promote propaganda that they were told by some blackhat who is intentionally pushing lies, then tells media zombies, who themselves don't know what science is, and they push out the lies onto the public, who also don't know what science is.
None of these people have any frame of reference grounded in reality. NONE of them.
Add to that the fact that the Dem governors (who are almost all lawyers) also do not know (or don't care) what the Contitution says, or that a lawful order is not the same thing as an unlawful order.
It's a mix of all of the above, and some other factors.
A lot of real scientists are too deep in their own niche to make time for reality. When they get approached with blanket statements like "help environment, people, xyz" then they'll be like "yeah that sounds good" and just add their name to the list.
There's also the career aspect. Funds are very limited and competitive. If you want to do research, you have to appease the grant writers. This always happens at the expense of real science.
The only sustainable way out is for people to put more effort into building wealth (e.g. investing more than spending), and for the same people to then put their funds towards real science.
One person doing this is Jim Simons (great interview with him on Numberphile). Not everyone is going to be a billionaire, but it only takes a small portion of people putting resources toward good causes to really tip the scales and trigger a paradigm shift.
Such an idea has never occured to me. Now that I am in shock and realizing it is true, it's just so obvious that you are right. How the idea never occured to me is also shocking (lol).
This explains so much -- even more than the fake news brainwashing.
So-called "scientists" who know nothing about science promote propaganda that they were told by some blackhat who is intentionally pushing lies, then tells media zombies, who themselves don't know what science is, and they push out the lies onto the public, who also don't know what science is.
None of these people have any frame of reference grounded in reality. NONE of them.
Add to that the fact that the Dem governors (who are almost all lawyers) also do not know (or don't care) what the Contitution says, or that a lawful order is not the same thing as an unlawful order.
Sums up 2020 in a nutshell.
It's a mix of all of the above, and some other factors.
A lot of real scientists are too deep in their own niche to make time for reality. When they get approached with blanket statements like "help environment, people, xyz" then they'll be like "yeah that sounds good" and just add their name to the list.
There's also the career aspect. Funds are very limited and competitive. If you want to do research, you have to appease the grant writers. This always happens at the expense of real science.
The only sustainable way out is for people to put more effort into building wealth (e.g. investing more than spending), and for the same people to then put their funds towards real science.
One person doing this is Jim Simons (great interview with him on Numberphile). Not everyone is going to be a billionaire, but it only takes a small portion of people putting resources toward good causes to really tip the scales and trigger a paradigm shift.