As much as pedes don't want to believe this line of thought, I think we will find, more and more, this is actually the case across many disciplines and industries.
I believe you are correct in this. I’ve felt this for years about physics and mathematics. Do you remember around 20yo a bright college kid mathematician was studying a well accepted formula and he actually cracked it open to find it was flawed. Made a medium splash in the news at the time.
Nuclear power is another big one. Smaller reactors work fantastically well when you scale them properly, you dont need giant, expensive plants, you can have multiple, smaller plants providing power close by, at a fraction of the cost, with less waste. Big plant makers & energy companies wouldn't make as much, so squash it goes, along with 70mpg engines and nitrogen fuel.
As much as pedes don't want to believe this line of thought, I think we will find, more and more, this is actually the case across many disciplines and industries. I believe you are correct in this. I’ve felt this for years about physics and mathematics. Do you remember around 20yo a bright college kid mathematician was studying a well accepted formula and he actually cracked it open to find it was flawed. Made a medium splash in the news at the time.
Yup, remember that one.
Nuclear power is another big one. Smaller reactors work fantastically well when you scale them properly, you dont need giant, expensive plants, you can have multiple, smaller plants providing power close by, at a fraction of the cost, with less waste. Big plant makers & energy companies wouldn't make as much, so squash it goes, along with 70mpg engines and nitrogen fuel.