The Jews closed the canon of The Old Testement in 100 AD at the Synod of Jamnia. At that time they decided which were the canonical books of the Hewbrew scripture. The books of The New Testament were decided upon at the Senate of Rome under Pope Damasus in 382 AD. The recipients of the message of the old and new testaments were already in place. The authorities were selected, the message was selected and then canonized in the Bible.
In science we don't close the books. We leave room for improvements or complete reconstruction.
We don't talk about "the science" so much here. We talk about the scientific method, which is what Feynmans CCS was all about. "But there is one feature I notice that is generally missing in cargo cult science. That is the idea that we all hope you have learned in studying science in school--we never say explicitly what this is."
The "idea we all hope you have learned" is the scientific method. How do we get to the truth? How many times have we, as individuals, gotten something wrong? We argue and we shout and we point our fingers at the other guy. The bitterness in our online debates demonstrates something the psychologists should be studying. What is road rage? What is cyber bullying about? Why are we so different in different situations? I will suggest that we are different because there is a place in all of our minds where opposition to our thoughts is never encountered. It is a safe space.
It is here, this place inside our minds where we can find the scientific method. The Bible is questioned by Atheists, just not in church while the preacher is giving his sermon. We all must go out into he world where our thoughts are questioned. We must first develop our narrative so we can survive and evolve.
When we find ourselves alone and we choose to sit and think, it is there where we can explore without fear or interruption. Our minds can roll on freely getting it right and wrong. Recognizing when we are wrong is good. Others publicly recognizing how wrong we are can hurt our feelings. Therefore we must think alone and allow ourselves to make mistakes. We must also thrive to correct our wrong thinking with truths.
Biotechnology has failed to nurture the right people. The industry has evolved selecting those who best cave to authorities like Dr's. Fauci and Collins. When the Covid vaccine was introduced where were the experts asking about the MOA of mRNA vaccines? How could we introduce a paradigm shift to vaccinations when faced with a pandemic? Why was there so little emphasis on treatment? What was our understanding of how viruses pass through the human race? Did we really think we could just hide in our homes while the virus waited for us just outside the front door? There were some left to ask questions, but they too learned the powers of authority and dogma.
I won't talk about the origins of the pandemic at this time. I will simply say that the pandemic showed us the problem with dogmatic science. Fauci created the NIAID bible during the HIV/AIDS era. Koch's postulates were ignored. Ineffective and harmful solutions, such as AZT, were allowed. Using the same authority (Fauci) and the same NIAID bible, we simply went through the pandemic with minimal resistance to it's destructive path. We learned nothing and we saw what happens when Cargo Cult Science takes center stage. True science will not canonize the Covid 19 book however. We must all go to that safe space in our minds and think about the many aspects of the pandemic. Never stop thinking and asking questions. Just be aware of whom you may be offending and why they take offense.
I'll end with another Feynman classic quote that sums up the problem of thinking in a public place, not in that safe place in your mind where the scientific method thrives.
“I would rather have questions that can't be answered than answers that can't be questioned.”
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