Somehow most people don't mind using the work of experts instead of building their own TV set or curing their own illnesses, but are sure they can decide which biological theory is correct.
Strange that you do not see the difference between "experts" in the government-supported science and education and the experts which build TVs and cure ilnesses.
If TV doesn't work people will stop buying from the fake experts. If the charlatans only make patients worse, they'll see themselves dragged to court for medical fraud.
When the government "experts" are dead wrong they get rewarded with more funds "for further research". Did you ever wonder that you never see a research paper which concludes "the results show that this idea is not worth pursuing any longer"?
That's because their "customers" have no choice. They are forced to support these "experts" - no matter if they like their results or not.
It follows that the quality of work of these experts goes downhill - even the hard sciences like particle physics fell prey to obvious Lysenkoism (string theory, anyone?) - and in more politicised sciences most of what's going on is pure bullshit.
And don't get me started on medicine and biology... I just helped my girlfriend with the course on medical statistics. It is very instructive to see obvious nonsense in the textbooks on basics of use of simple statistical methods in medical trials.
Makes one wonder how good the results of the trials are when the teachers of the future trial administrators do not have a foggiest idea of what the magic formulae they use actually mean - and teach seriously incorrect interpretations of results. And this is not some third-rate community college, this is UCSC.
BTW, talking about your examples... Nipkow wasn't a scientist (he was a student when he patented television), neither was Baird (he didn't even graduate). Teremin was a musician and a spy (and an inventor) - certainly not a "scientist". Ives worked at AT&T, not in a university. The inventor of the basic technology of practical TV which is still in use, Farnsworth didn't complete university, and his work was supported by a private donor.
And cures... well, no matter what truly efficient drug or medical procedure you pick, it's going to have rather interesting story with typical motif being the "expert" establishment being strongly opposed (and often mounting a witchunt on the heretic).
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If TV doesn't work people will stop buying from the fake experts. If the charlatans only make patients worse, they'll see themselves dragged to court for medical fraud.
When the government "experts" are dead wrong they get rewarded with more funds "for further research". Did you ever wonder that you never see a research paper which concludes "the results show that this idea is not worth pursuing any longer"?
That's because their "customers" have no choice. They are forced to support these "experts" - no matter if they like their results or not.
It follows that the quality of work of these experts goes downhill - even the hard sciences like particle physics fell prey to obvious Lysenkoism (string theory, anyone?) - and in more politicised sciences most of what's going on is pure bullshit.
And don't get me started on medicine and biology... I just helped my girlfriend with the course on medical statistics. It is very instructive to see obvious nonsense in the textbooks on basics of use of simple statistical methods in medical trials.
Makes one wonder how good the results of the trials are when the teachers of the future trial administrators do not have a foggiest idea of what the magic formulae they use actually mean - and teach seriously incorrect interpretations of results. And this is not some third-rate community college, this is UCSC.
BTW, talking about your examples... Nipkow wasn't a scientist (he was a student when he patented television), neither was Baird (he didn't even graduate). Teremin was a musician and a spy (and an inventor) - certainly not a "scientist". Ives worked at AT&T, not in a university. The inventor of the basic technology of practical TV which is still in use, Farnsworth didn't complete university, and his work was supported by a private donor.
And cures... well, no matter what truly efficient drug or medical procedure you pick, it's going to have rather interesting story with typical motif being the "expert" establishment being strongly opposed (and often mounting a witchunt on the heretic).