Michael Crichton talked about it in his book Congo. They claimed ape research would help in fighting cancer. Did it? No, but the investors and publishers all wanted it to, so it did. The book was released in 1980.
Crichton called this stuff out on multiple occasions. I'll bring in Richard Feynman as well, with his cargo cult of science speech from 74.
But there is one feature I notice that is generally missing in Cargo Cult Science....if you’re doing an experiment, you should report everything that you think might make it invalid—not only what you think is right about it: other causes that could possibly explain your results; and things you thought of that you’ve eliminated by some other experiment, and how they worked—to make sure the other fellow can tell they have been eliminated.
Most "scientists" aren't scientists anymore, they're aspiring to be priests.
People forget that Michael Crichton had an actual PhD in medicine(even though he was technically not a practicing medical doctor, he still did the necessary internships). And alot of his early stuff was just pure medical drama effectively calling out alot of medical 'god complexes' where doctor's could do no wrong.
He was effectively calling out the bullshit from inside the room, so to speak.
Michael Crichton talked about it in his book Congo. They claimed ape research would help in fighting cancer. Did it? No, but the investors and publishers all wanted it to, so it did. The book was released in 1980.
Crichton called this stuff out on multiple occasions. I'll bring in Richard Feynman as well, with his cargo cult of science speech from 74.
Most "scientists" aren't scientists anymore, they're aspiring to be priests.
People forget that Michael Crichton had an actual PhD in medicine(even though he was technically not a practicing medical doctor, he still did the necessary internships). And alot of his early stuff was just pure medical drama effectively calling out alot of medical 'god complexes' where doctor's could do no wrong.
He was effectively calling out the bullshit from inside the room, so to speak.
I loved six patients. Not only did it show the medical world really well, it showed how the medical world tried to stop progress of ideas.
And they might have killed him for it.