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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark Chance" data-source="post: 3975053" data-attributes="member: 2795">No, it wouldn't. I just makes them people. There are plenty of scientists running around right now that want to eradicate certain systems of knowledge/belief because they don't fit into their world-view. Some of them are making a pretty penny churning out very poorly reasoned diatribes to that effect, many of which score high on the NYT bestseller list.I believe it was Robert Heinlein who advised us to never underestimate the power of human stupidity. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Scientists as a group are not holy, blameless creatures who approach all questions with a thoroughly open mind unshackled by preconceived notions and pet prejudices. In the real world, they have often been downright vicious regarding perceived threats to their favored explanations. They've engaged in slander, deceit, and scientific fraud in the past, and undoubtedly will do so in the future. In a fantasy world, there's no reason to assume the same sorts of things wouldn't happen.I'm suddenly reminded of the quip above about medieval guilds jealously guarding trade secrets against rivals being raised as a point against scientific innovation. As if companies today don't engage in the same sorts of protective practices.</blockquote>

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