Michael Brooks - The Anarchy of Science
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When Jake Davis, the alleged spokesperson for the teenage hacking group LulzSec, was released from court on bail he left holding a copy of Michael Brooks book "Free Radicals: The Secret Anarchy of Science".
Michael Brooks discusses how many of of Davis' generation think science is dull, beyond them and something that has no need of their input and that this is because every generation before them has colluded in creating the myth that science is boring, that scientists are dull, passionless, cold and logical. He will argue that science is far too important to our futures to let this situation roll on through another generation given that these are the people who will have to make decisions about climate change, genetic engineering, medical technologies and energy production.
Presented at the Learning Without Frontiers Conference, January 25th 2012
www.learningwithoutfrontiers.com
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He definitely read up on his Fayerabend
Interesting talk. Didn't really talk about Anarchism or Anarchy (capital A) in science other than a reference to anti-authoritarian teenagers and examples of risk-taking scientists. That's disappointing because progress in science is all about challenging the established order of existing knowledge and its defenders (the scientific bureaucracy, if you like) using the Anarchist principles of self-organisation, autonomy, freely association and non-hierarchical relations between co-workers (often in different institutions or countries). The main principle of Anarchism - that all hierarchy that cannot justify itself must go - is more or less exactly how scientific progress works. Science is Anarchism. BTW, I have come to this conclusion after decades of working in science but only recently become interested in writings about Anarchism. Coincidentally, in my formative years I went to a church that, without ever using the terminology, practiced anarchist principles.
RIP
@adamrc7
3 жыл бұрын
Gabe it’s a different michael brooks
@KufLMAO
3 жыл бұрын
are you stupid
@gabe.e
3 жыл бұрын
Hahah I’m sorry pals it was a joke. Trying to cope with how sad I am about actual michael brooks’ death :(
@KufLMAO
3 жыл бұрын
Gabe oh sorry bro, I’ve been pretty sensitive about it too. Mike was the best of comrades Dx