Quote from: TDoS on Feb 21, 2024, 09:37 AMQuote from: K-Dog on Feb 20, 2024, 10:57 PMWow, that one has some interesting logic.Quote from: TDoS on Feb 20, 2024, 08:32 PMIt Is Difficult to Get a Man to Understand Something When His Salary Depends Upon His Not Understanding It.
When the man is a scientist who's salary requires and depends on him studying topics to the best of ability....how can his salary require him to NOT understand it?
In that case salary depends on not not understanding. A negation is introduced but nothing is really changed because salary determines what is understood in both cases.
But if I understand, then a scientist's salary, paying him or her to do the best work possible, delivers the best work possible. No misunderstanding of anything....just high quality, unbiased and objective results.
Sounds reasonable. Sounds like what science is supposed to be.
What the "best work" is depends on who is writing the paycheck and what they want the scientist to show. So if the research is being funded by a Tobacco company and they want to show that smoking is safe, the best work comes from a scientist who does a study that demonstrates that. The scientist working for a capitalist is a Hired Gun. They hire the fastest gun money can buy.
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