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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Diabetes / April 2007Are they real scientists?
A person may call themselves a scientist and be very unproductive-- or-- Some will advocate false theories or information. When you see the word "scientist" use caution. A few years ago I met an alleged scientist who gave me great stories about his work "shining"Lasers on the moon. The problem was he had no knowledge of diffraction limiting. One reason I take a lot of the PR with a grain of salt. The person that found the structure of protein had some questionable idea in later life. > The person that found the structure of protein > had some questionable idea in later life. By definition, if you're pushing the edge of knowledge, sometimes you're gonna fall over the edge and be wrong :-). I'm not saying that when these famous guys go over edge into racism or advocating genocide that they are anywhere near the edge, because clearly they're far past it, but at the same time they are effectively gone. Read _The Discovery of Insulin_ to find out how complicated it can be, even in the obscure realms of Canadian Academia. Or read one of Marshall McLuhan's biographies (esp. _The Medium and the Messenger_ ) for somebody who is over the edge of reality, but perhaps seeing things more clearly than most! Tim. >> The person that found the structure of protein >> had some questionable idea in later life. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Tim. The discovery of insulin was a classic. Then if you read further, you sill find the bickering and alleged theft of credit. Penicillin went through a lot of grabbing for the high productive strains. The needs in WW2 probably was a factor in it final mass production and Churchill's sickness did not hurt. Serendipity seems to be a big item in major discoveries. Plagiarism is so common. It is not the clean TV thing. Guy Guy, I am so glad to see you posting. I hope all is well with you. Loretta |
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