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James P. Hogan “Kicking the Sacred Cow"

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Summary: Startling and mostly persuasive.

Most educated persons in modern society believe that science and scientific theories about the world are based upon the scientific method--the relentless search for knowledge based solely on hard facts as observed in nature. Galileo exemplifies our view of how science progresses; providing an example of a brave and brilliant man applying scientific findings to a skeptical world regardless of the consequences. Most people believe that the modern world allows science to thrive because scientists relentlessly apply the scientific method to their theories, and thus theories that are not supported by objective data are inevitably cast aside in favor of better theories that are. Most of us believe that in the modern world, a Galileo would receive acclaim and research funding, not vilification and suppression. In this piece Mr. Hogan tells us: "Not so fast..."

Hogan's writings in this book question the above view of much of modern science to an astounding degree. Far from constituting a community of skeptics in the relentless pursuit of scientific truth, author Hogan thoroughly documents numerous instances in which the scientific community is highly politicized in favor of certain conventional theories, and scientific data is selectively, and perhaps dishonestly, applied in order to support these theories. In numerous instances leading scientists appear to have established a vested interest by way of reputations and prestige in certain theories. Documented instances exist in which those scientists who question this orthodoxy have been treated not with constructive analysis, but by political and financial suppression and professional demotion and exclusion. This is not how science is supposed to work, but Mr. Hogan does an excellent job of showing the reader that the scientific community in many instances has behaved not as a body engaged in the selfless pursuit of knowledge, but as a self-interested and politicized group much like any other human endeavor, riven with factions and controlled by, of course, whoever controls the purse strings and research grants. Not surprisingly, often the government is involved in the suppression of unorthodox scientists by preventing such scientists from obtaining funding, or sometimes even the left to publish their theories or participate in scientific conferences and seminars.

Hogan provides many examples of the scientific community's rejection and suppression of dissenting points of view.

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