Bon Jour

[Gregorio]

I hope this community is full of people who love knowledge and communication necessary for its growth. I want to stress that criticism is part of that communication, and should not be taken personally.

[Jay-qu]

Constructive criticism of course, no mud slinging

 

Welcome aboard Gregorio! What areas of science interest you the most?

 

J

[Gregorio]

I approach science as a philosopher and historian of science, and auto didact in the area of neurosciences. I am taken with the role of letters between the investigative in advancing science, and am convinced that the internet might foster similar communication. I am repelled by the 'business' of academia in which old ideas remain unchallenged and unrevised once they have been awarded cash prizes by old men in Sweden. I have encountered this very thing with regard to the nature of biological energy and the alleged role of thermogensis in metabolism. I find I cannot penetrate the halls of academe with discussions of the inappropriateness of certain mathematics for understanding bioenergetics, and the beautiful fecundity of other mathematics for understanding the electrochemical nature of biological organization. I hope on this site to encounter others who question, who know, or want to know, why what is believed today is believed. I'm looking for someone who is dedicated to science first, and is open to the criticism (because he/she is familiar with the history) that a good bit of the life sciences endure because of the sociology of science rather than the superiority and consequence of theoretical constructs.

[Jay-qu]

I am repelled by the 'business' of academia in which old ideas remain unchallenged and unrevised once they have been awarded cash prizes by old men in Sweden...... I'm looking for someone who is dedicated to science first, and is open to the criticism (because he/she is familiar with the history) that a good bit of the life sciences endure because of the sociology of science rather than the superiority and consequence of theoretical constructs.

 

I find it interesting that you talk about science in such a way when it appears you dont understand how it works all that well.

 

Old idea's by no means remain unchallenged, otherwise we would still be sitting on a flat Earth with the sun revolving around us. Sometimes change is slow, be its generally because there is not enough supporting evidence (data) to explain why we should throw out the old ideas.