Science and Sex

[Natasha]

Science and Sex

http://transgender2transhuman.blogspot.com/2009/08/science-and-sex.html
8/14/09

In 1962 Thomas Kuhn, a leading historian of science, crystallized the concept that virtually all science is not a pure search for truth, but an effort to further confirm some preexisting, generally accepted model or framework, which he called a "paradigm." Kuhn shocked people with his seemingly cynical view that young scientists work to please their older mentors, which is best done by confirming the mentor's theories, since the mentors have the keys to what younger scientists want—professorships, grant monies, laboratories. Furthermore Kuhn noted that when scientific research contradicts the "prevailing paradigm," the young researchers are told that their experiments were flawed or that they misinterpreted the results. It would be heresy to suggest that the last generation's theories were wrong, for that would mean that the mentors' lifework was largely wasted.

[LordKAT]

Extremely interesting read. I'm glad you shared it.