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5947026 No.5947026 [Reply] [Original]

What is holding scientific progress back? Have we reached the critical point of advancement?

>> No.5947055

Men. They are aggressive and stupid.

>> No.5947059

>What is holding scientific progress back?

pop sci

>> No.5947068

I thought there was quite a bit of research and advancement going on.

>> No.5947094

>>5947026
I think it is going just fine. I would like to see more interdisciplinary work on clarifying foundations, but the rate at which we are progressing is nothing to balk at.

>> No.5947099

>>5947055
>Men
>Not cleverer than women

Ha

>> No.5947112

>What is holding scientific progress back?
the church and conservative consumers
>Have we reached the critical point of advancement?
combustion engines, yes, almost. surgery, soon. other medicine, no. clean energy, no.

>> No.5947118

the discovery of a new, more efficient energy source.

find that, and all your scifi dreams will turn into reality

>> No.5947119

>>5947118
As in TARDIS and the U.S.S. Enterprise reality?

>> No.5947126

Our current economic system.

>> No.5947128

Cognitive dissonance caused by lies of law and morality.

>> No.5947130

>>5947126
Scientists should get to use all the material they need for free. Problem solved.

>> No.5947137

>>5947026
>What is holding scientific progress back?
It's being held back?

>> No.5947143

What is holding scientific progress back?
Different things for different areas.
For biology/medicine its moralfags who don't want you to experiment on animals.
For physics its money, modern physics requires insanely expensive equipment. 1 item like a squid magnetometer may cost half a million dollars.
For chemistry its legal problems. Everyone is so worried that you are going to make drugs its quickly becoming impossible for people to get chemicals commonly used in labs, and when you can the prices are usually high.

>> No.5947147

>>5947137
I expected it to be a lot further than it is atm. I know that comes off as kind of petulant and rude, but I see so much potential for things and there are so many bright people, I'm a bit shocked more hasn't been solved.

>> No.5947151

>>5947130
maybe if the U.S didn't give 8.5 million in aid to Israel everyday, our scientists would have better government funding.

>> No.5947153

>>5947151
>$8.5 million in aid
forgot the dollar sign

>> No.5947155

>>5947147
Science is hard and it takes a long time to verify results. A single study can take up to a decade or more. And beyond that it takes even longer to make new technologies and tools based on the principles and findings that are published from those studies.

>> No.5947219
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>>5947143
>half a million dollars
>"lot of money"
>+$700 billion to the Military a year

>> No.5947248

>>5947026
the militaries technology is about 15-20 more advanced then what is available to the average person. So as time goes on the people will have technology previously available to only the military.

>> No.5947250

>>5947248
>15-20 years

>> No.5947257

>>5947248
Thats just what they want you to think. It may have been true 50 years ago but its not today.

>> No.5947264

>>5947257
that is defiantly true. they have all kinds of facial reconnection systems that will someday be put to a particle civilian use.

>> No.5947265

dogmatism

>> No.5947782

I heard that the FDA held back the dotcom boom equivalent of bio medical/engineering.