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Originally Posted by Jarvamundo
Revolutionary steps usually do follow that progression. Science has a history of crackpots later being recognized as heros.
Creativity does have it's place, without different ideas we just march to a collective drum, with no sense to explore.
To suggest ideas will only come from within the 'scientific elite' is a bit.... well... religious.
I think as long as we discuss the particulars of the theory and evidence, we'll be fine and hopefully inspire some up-comers along the way. Those who have posted so far will probably form the base of that self moderating community.
Astronomy Science sounds good... i didn't think it had to change...
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Creativity and science must go hand in hand. Science needs creativity in order to progress and flourish and creativity needs science as another outlet for our mental abilities.
The problem with much of science is that it has become (or can be) elitist and very dogmatic. People with ideas outside of the box and/or outside of their accepted fields usually get roundly castigated and treated like heretics. Woe betide someone with no academic background coming up with something. Yes, it's true that if you don't have a solid background in whatever you're talking about, chances are you won't know what you're on about, but sometimes it takes a fresh mind and new perspective to see things that those who deal in the subject matter miss. Having a critical measure of thought is essential in science, but being dogmatically skeptical about an idea or proposal just because it's not scientific orthodoxy, is plain and stupidly arrogant. Each generation of scientists has the bad habit of thinking that what it thinks it knows is the pinnacle of knowledge. In actual fact, they know less than they did beforehand...simply because the more they know and learn, the more the number and complexity of questions increases. Therefore, they have even more to find out than before!!. It's your best example of an infinite recursive loop in non computational logic
Everything has to be weighed on its merits. Not dismissed out of hand because it doesn't sound right or appears "stupid". Even if you voice that opinion openly.
Like you said, openly discuss things and see where that goes...in all cases. With common sense, things should self moderate rather well.