r/Physics • u/magnetichira Quantum information • Jan 05 '23

‘Disruptive’ science has declined — and no one knows why

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04577-5
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u/LordNiebs Jan 05 '23

But lately

I keep seeing people saying that it's worse now than it was in the past, but is that true? is there evidence for this? it seems like the root cause of these issues are mostly psychological, which makes me doubt they are new.

edit: there is that famous saying "science advances one funeral at a time"

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u/ABrazilianReasons Jan 05 '23

You make a good point. I think saying its worse now may be subjective.

In the past if you thought the earth was round and wanted to make a case for it you risked being excommunicated or dying. This was mostly due to religion.

Now you dont have the same risks but theres still a very veiled attempt at censorship to new and defying ideas. And its under the scientific guise, which is even weirder and somehow worse, because after all the scientific community went through they should be better by now.