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General Category => Science and Technology => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on February 07, 2023, 06:36:31 PM

Title: What Is Scientific Discovery Worth?
Post by: Nearly Sane on February 07, 2023, 06:36:31 PM

The usual answer here is that we cannot know but it may be worth it and yet is that a real justification?


https://nautil.us/what-is-scientific-discovery-worth-260835/

Title: Re: What Is Scientific Discovery Worth?
Post by: Sriram on February 08, 2023, 04:24:56 AM

Well...some discoveries have been worth it. They have helped in medicine and in certain conveniences.  But many discoveries have led to technologies that have created problems. 

Point is that we should know when to stop. The quest for knowledge can become an obsession, giving us a high and a false sense of control and power.

All scientific knowledge is tentative and we are never going to know it all. Even what we think we know could change.

The principle of diminishing returns works in scientific discoveries as much as anywhere else.