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Have you ever read 'Atlas Shrugged' ? If not, and you enjoy reading, this one is a must read. There is a character in the book connected to the 'state science institute' later in the book... Many of the characters in the book have a distinct role/message in the book...btw, it is a philosophy book wrapped up in a fictional story...was published in 1957 I think and has amazing parallels to our current situation. It made me realize that most of our debates/issues today are directionally the same as those in the first half of the 20th century.
Anyways, back to the state science institute...I think the author's reason for including this part of the story is to draw a connection between the corruption of govt and the pure field of science. Science, in its purest form, seeks truth and the scientific method takes a hypothesis and tries to prove it by disproving it...when a theory can't be disproved, it may become a 'law of science'. In the book, and in our reality, the govt is the beast...it grows for its own sake and engulfs all eventually. Corruption is rampant as humans crave power and with power comes corruption...soooo, when govt gets involved with science, it is corrupted. Science no longer seeks to disprove its theories, but rather prove them with data points and false conclusions. It was documented that some of the 'data points' used in the global warming argument were not accurate or truthful....then the extrapolation of data "the hockey stick" predicted residents of Milton wold have beach front property by now. That calls into question the whole theory and the behavior of our so-called scientists...which is why I was disappointed when I saw physics-astronomy.com was posting material indicating global warming to be a hard fast truism and alternative energy being viable....something I researched many years ago...solar and wind power are about 30x more expensive per Kwhr than coal or even nuclear power....can you imaging a $300/mo electric bill becoming a $9000/month? That technology is worth investigating and improving but is a long, long ways from being ready for prime time....every time I see a semi transporting one of those big wind turbine blades, my wallet starts to smolder!!!
In a somewhat related note...cholesterol...I'm 50 and was a kid when the war on beef and eggs started...when everything we touched caused cancer. Ever read Dr.Atkins book about his highly controversial low-carb diet? I did...I lost 40 pounds on his diet and my cholesterol didn't increase...I knew there was something bogus about what I was taught about fat...now, more is understood and the connection between high fructose corn syrup and good ole genetics is beginning to unravel what was previously thought to be true...the culprit, a study linking health issues to fat intake that was improperly conducted and did not measure or understand sugar's impact to health and diet...and just like that, viola red meat and the egg industry plummets in value and sales...white meat, poultry sky rockets... it would have been good to have insider information to move my stock portfolio appropriately...but that would would be insider trading and illegal...unless you are as member of congress....get it yet?
A healthy skepticism is a good thing...people have a certain nature. I've come to understand that nature much better over the years and as such, take everything, and I mean everything with a grain of salt....I try to learn as much as I'm able to about things knowing all along that some of my beliefs are incorrect...still, I will continue to look for the true nature of things.
Global warming, at best is crony science and at worst, a con job. Climate is not weather and climate changes. Humans have very little impact on planetary climate...we can mess things up locally but not on a global scale...yet anyways.
Want to learn something; study up on DDT and Formaldahyde a bit...might make you re-think what you were taught. Millions of people die every year from malaria and formaldehyde is a naturally occurring compound, and while it is an irritant, it is not carcinogenic in 'normal concentrations'....the data was extracted from lab animals in ultra high concentrations...be skeptical, not cynical. Humans do everything they do for a reason...what reason is known only to them, but motivation to act comes from external and internal stimulus...not from an altruistic desire to be a saint.
Anyways, back to the state science institute...I think the author's reason for including this part of the story is to draw a connection between the corruption of govt and the pure field of science. Science, in its purest form, seeks truth and the scientific method takes a hypothesis and tries to prove it by disproving it...when a theory can't be disproved, it may become a 'law of science'. In the book, and in our reality, the govt is the beast...it grows for its own sake and engulfs all eventually. Corruption is rampant as humans crave power and with power comes corruption...soooo, when govt gets involved with science, it is corrupted. Science no longer seeks to disprove its theories, but rather prove them with data points and false conclusions. It was documented that some of the 'data points' used in the global warming argument were not accurate or truthful....then the extrapolation of data "the hockey stick" predicted residents of Milton wold have beach front property by now. That calls into question the whole theory and the behavior of our so-called scientists...which is why I was disappointed when I saw physics-astronomy.com was posting material indicating global warming to be a hard fast truism and alternative energy being viable....something I researched many years ago...solar and wind power are about 30x more expensive per Kwhr than coal or even nuclear power....can you imaging a $300/mo electric bill becoming a $9000/month? That technology is worth investigating and improving but is a long, long ways from being ready for prime time....every time I see a semi transporting one of those big wind turbine blades, my wallet starts to smolder!!!
In a somewhat related note...cholesterol...I'm 50 and was a kid when the war on beef and eggs started...when everything we touched caused cancer. Ever read Dr.Atkins book about his highly controversial low-carb diet? I did...I lost 40 pounds on his diet and my cholesterol didn't increase...I knew there was something bogus about what I was taught about fat...now, more is understood and the connection between high fructose corn syrup and good ole genetics is beginning to unravel what was previously thought to be true...the culprit, a study linking health issues to fat intake that was improperly conducted and did not measure or understand sugar's impact to health and diet...and just like that, viola red meat and the egg industry plummets in value and sales...white meat, poultry sky rockets... it would have been good to have insider information to move my stock portfolio appropriately...but that would would be insider trading and illegal...unless you are as member of congress....get it yet?
A healthy skepticism is a good thing...people have a certain nature. I've come to understand that nature much better over the years and as such, take everything, and I mean everything with a grain of salt....I try to learn as much as I'm able to about things knowing all along that some of my beliefs are incorrect...still, I will continue to look for the true nature of things.
Global warming, at best is crony science and at worst, a con job. Climate is not weather and climate changes. Humans have very little impact on planetary climate...we can mess things up locally but not on a global scale...yet anyways.
Want to learn something; study up on DDT and Formaldahyde a bit...might make you re-think what you were taught. Millions of people die every year from malaria and formaldehyde is a naturally occurring compound, and while it is an irritant, it is not carcinogenic in 'normal concentrations'....the data was extracted from lab animals in ultra high concentrations...be skeptical, not cynical. Humans do everything they do for a reason...what reason is known only to them, but motivation to act comes from external and internal stimulus...not from an altruistic desire to be a saint.
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