Vox Day has said something similar. While in general we like to think that science is the search for truth and knowledge, science as practiced today doesn't really do that. It's used for a money grab or a search for more power by evil people and in general it's driven society bonkers and away from what is real and true.
I don't agree that we should throw the baby out with the bath water and he doesn't elaborate so he might just be a luddite, but I think that's where Tucker's coming from.
While in general we like to think that science is the search for truth and knowledge, science as practiced today doesn't really do that.
Funding will always be the death of science, especially as we progressed into needing billions to trillions of dollars to hit "breakthroughs."
Nobody is going to toss the money at these people just for the good of humanity, it always will come with a catch of some kind. Usually to progress their ideology or to justify something they already intend to do. Else they wouldn't be throwing money at it to begin with.
So even without needing it to be purely malicious (even if that's often the case) and purely pragmatic, science will always be beholden to its funding source. And the people with funding are usually Governments or Wealthy Elites, the two most corrupt sources of anything and the ones who will not take "no" or "we found the opposite to be true" as an answer.
Vox Day has said something similar. While in general we like to think that science is the search for truth and knowledge, science as practiced today doesn't really do that. It's used for a money grab or a search for more power by evil people and in general it's driven society bonkers and away from what is real and true.
I don't agree that we should throw the baby out with the bath water and he doesn't elaborate so he might just be a luddite, but I think that's where Tucker's coming from.
Funding will always be the death of science, especially as we progressed into needing billions to trillions of dollars to hit "breakthroughs."
Nobody is going to toss the money at these people just for the good of humanity, it always will come with a catch of some kind. Usually to progress their ideology or to justify something they already intend to do. Else they wouldn't be throwing money at it to begin with.
So even without needing it to be purely malicious (even if that's often the case) and purely pragmatic, science will always be beholden to its funding source. And the people with funding are usually Governments or Wealthy Elites, the two most corrupt sources of anything and the ones who will not take "no" or "we found the opposite to be true" as an answer.
Vox said this?!