You Must Not ‘Do Your Own Research’ When It Comes To Science https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/07/30/you-must-not-do-your-own-research-when-it-comes-to-science/ … Pay attention. From vaccines to climate to COVID-19, we all need to listen to the consensus of scientific experts. Now.
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(Hearing this myth when I was a kid, that only 12 people + Einstein understood general relativity, was part of what pushed me to go into physics--I've always expected to be able to figure out things myself.) (Another part was reading science fiction, like that of Jules Verne
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A good scientists can explain things so that most people with curiosity and patience can understand. This includes Einstein. He proved it in his 1916 book on Relativity, written for those with a high school education.
