"Science isn’t the sum of what scientists think. Had science operated by majority consensus we would be still stuck in the Middle Ages and Einstein would have ended as he started, a patent clerk with fruitless side hobbies." — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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I am amazed every day by advances made in science. What we lack is the will to take a widespread interest (easier to get whipped into an emotional frenzy) and a consistent delivery system to get advances flourishing in a timely fashion in an archaic healthcare system.
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Yes, which is why the notion of a general human "we" in science is absurd. The folks that really care about getting it right are always a tiny minority.
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