Bertrand Russell and Independence in Science
Abstract. Reflecting on insights from Bertrand Russell and Grigori Perelman, this post explores how the pursuit of truth in science is often obstructed—not only by political or institutional pressures, but also by a culture of conformity within the scientific community itself.
After these few examples in the previous post let us come back to the issue of how it is important to be independent in Science, how important it is to have the freedom of expressing views that are not necessarily “mainstream science” approved.
Bertrand Russell
Bertrand Russell, one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century
wrote in his book “Religion and Science”:
In any case, the argument against the persecution of opinion does not depend upon what the excuse for persecution may be. The argument is that we none of us know all truth, that the discovery of new truth is promoted by free discussion and rendered very difficult by suppression, and that, in the long run, human welfare is increased by the discovery of truth and hindered by action based on error. New truth is often inconvenient to some vested interest … And since, at first, it cannot be known whether a new doctrine is true, freedom for new truth involves equal freedom for error. (Italics, mine.)
And then he added:
The threat to intellectual freedom is greater in our day than at any time since 1660; but it does not now come from the Christian Churches. It comes from governments, which, owing to the modern danger of anarchy and chaos, have succeeded to the sacrosanct character formerly belonging to the ecclesiastical authorities.
Bertrand Russell wrote these words in 1935, so you might think that they are outdated. It is a part of my aim to demonstrate that they are, today, even more true than they were then. But even if Science was independent from politics, which it is not, even then there are problems within the scientific community which make the main goal of Science, which is getting to the Truth, difficult if not impossible. While Bertrand Russell’s personality was complex, with issues like turbulent relationships, perceived arrogance, controversial moral views, and emotional detachment, yet his essay Religion and Science offers a compelling defense of scientific inquiry, which I value for its clarity and rational critique.
Grigori Perelman
Regarding conformity in science, here is a quote from the article about the unorthodox Russian mathematical genius Grigori Perelman:
Two young mathematicians from China, having studied Perelman's work, published a much longer and more detailed article - more than three hundred pages - with a proof of Poincaré's hypothesis. In it, they claimed that Perelman's work contained many gaps, which they were able to fill. According to the rules of the mathematical community, the priority in the proof of the theorem belongs to those researchers who were able to present it in the most complete form. According to many experts, Perelman's proof was complete, albeit briefly expounded. More detailed expositions did not contribute anything new to it.
When journalists asked Perelman what he thought about the position of Chinese mathematicians, Grigory replied:
"I can't say that I am outraged, others do even worse. Of course, there are plenty of more or less honest mathematicians. But almost all of them are conformists. They themselves are honest, but they tolerate those who are not. He then bitterly remarked, "It is not those who violate ethical standards in science who are considered outsiders. People like me are the ones who are marginalized."
Coming next: Questions About Science: Is Science rational?
Can you help me with understanding something better? Just today it came to mind that the body we inhabit is in a particle state, yet we obviously came from the wave state.
"The physical states of matter and fields are represented in the quantum theory with complex valued wavefunctions, or more generally by quantum states in an abstract linear vector space. Determining the physical nature of wavefunctions remains an open problem that is at the very core of quantum mechanics..." https://www.academia.edu/3064-979X/2/2/10.20935/AcadQuant7696
(So, we are quantum states? in an abstract linear vector space?)
The body, or we, are, encased in a self-destroying, self-feeding fractal system which covers us about and keeps our energy within it which depletes itself, hence death, and needing to rebirth, if one is to have a body in which to expand past this self-defeating system. I had read in a book "Eternal Humans And The Finite gods" where the author, Theresa Talea (and her mother) communicated to the Original Creator, who has given the name to them of All That Is, The Pure Essence, so as not to be confused with the new age All That Is, who are the false gods. He said that we are not suppose to die. And also that the aliens are who created negative emotions. They are behind death and negativity. So, this means we need to find out what it takes to transfer ourselves into the wave structure without losing the body or the particle structure. In other words, this apparently transforms into the wave structure, from where we originally came out of.
Would you happen to know anything about how to do this transformation, through say, your work on mathematical complexes or geometrical ones? I just started to read your work on the Circle/Sphere, and will continue reading the PDF because I found it to be very helpful. Thank you.
Help! Everytime I begin on my path back to my divine masculine with the beautiful brilliant mind, suddenly I'm attacked. The past few days have been horrible, so difficult to live, and yet, I keep getting help from all the right beings in and out of my environment. I wonder what more is there to this science of us, or is it what HAPPENED to us? Is my divine feminine so delicate and gentle that a harsh disturbing huge black blob of magnetic scum, (sorry), jumped into me? I hope I'm not mistaken because I certainly wouldn't say that about myself. Yet, I think there must be a stranger in me, like and AI-spy-camera, constantly moderating what I am doing. As soon as I met Laura and Arkadiusz, with their awesome, inspiring, brilliance, and oh what a combination together! Suddenly, these nasty things seem to come out of the invisible and start pestering me, like demons that are cued in on me, or something like that, but I'm not really sure it's just a one thing, as, it could be a combination or group of those beings working together, like negative aliens do when they circle around someone, looking for a meal, or to try to keep what they had stolen, and think that they own it because they stormed it, and for some reason or other, have dominance over it...but it is wrong, and should not continue.
When I communicate with the little creatures, and I just was in the park, under a shady tree in the bright sunlight, sitting on the bench....I encountered old friends who I hadn't seen in years because of my incarceration in this box of a tiny apt where those grey aliens appear to have controlled to force me into this here, place. When ever I go away from here and can be alone, these beautiful little insects come out and say "hi" again to me. They all speak in their own language, which is the same language, all together. I don't know how to describe it right now, just that it's a "center" kind of aspect. Then after I had fun communicating with my old friends, through one friend who showed up first, the black ant, then I listened to the beautiful sounding bird that came and rested in the tree in front of me when I showed deep interest in the high pitch sound of its magnificent voice, and all the robins and sparrows, and other things that happened...suddenly I saw appear before me, what I said to the little flies in the air who were, no doubt, meant as a veil or camouflage for this thing to appear, I saw a, what could be described as invisible but showed up somewhat visible, plasma like bring, in the shape of a triangle, or what those astronauts call a "vector", and it was so quick, but I did see the outline of a soft blue on invisible (plastic like colour), and it disappeared almost instantly. But I knew it was it, for sure, because I've trained myself a long time ago to notice when 'mr green' comes along and blends in with the furniture of nature, but is not an actual part in it, or is it? But anyway, as soon as it disappeared, the little tiny flies who were floating in a sphere in that area, who I also communicate with, were showing me exactly that which I knew, is true.
Then in a short while, before I met the baby spider behind me on the bench, something tapped the back of my neck, where the back and neck meet. I knew it was NOT one of the usual ones, nature, who I communicate with, but, what was it? I didn't seem to get a glimpse of that when it happened. I touched the back of my neck, and nope, nothing had fallen on me. I looked on the ground at the grass, and nope, nothing there that was unusual. I mean, I was watching as the maple trees released their spirally seed pods that looked like a thousand butterflies in the sky, but spiralling downward to the ground, and I knew it was not one of them. I had already communicated with them, because when they landed in my lap, I decided to try, for the first time, that I remember anyway, to taste what one of these seeds on the end of the wing, tastes like. So while I was enjoying these trees sending me these pods to check out, and I liked them, suddenly something tapped me on that part of the back of my neck. I knew it wasn't a tree seed pod. It felt way too different.
So the problem is....as always, wondering whether they are my friend or enemy. Those beings who are .. not of this system .. are much more careful and tricky to understand, than all the nature and the beautiful people around me. So...suddenly I was brought the memory of the time it was a full moon late in the night, and I sat outside and watched as the clouds around it moved, but not normal. They seemed to have their own life. The clouds ended up as two straight lines white with black running along the edge and nipped at the center where the moon was, which made it look like a "vector" but it had a tip opened at the top, like tiny scissors that open and there is a longer V and a shorter v. They are who sent me that thought when I was sitting there, and it seemed kind of, well, not that I was frightened, as, I usually am not, but that, this presence was a bit...intimidating.
Earlier, when I was at the grocery picking up a few things, I heard a man, whose soul spoke to me saying, "be careful." To which I thought he was not really the Human man, but the intruder. But who ever that was who spoke that to me, well, now I was sitting in the park and this strange occurrence happened. But the little flies seemed to reassure me, so I kept on.
This life has been so difficult for me. I don't know how to deal with this any more. I feel so much empathy for those beautiful intelligent scientists who were murdered by those forces who hate us and are trying to keep us back and dumbed down, under their control, just so that they could get what they want, not so that we could grow and flourish.
No need to say sorry. If you don't like this, you can always delete the message or hide it. I don't know. I'm just hoping to bring more attention to what is really going on, and to bring some good Higher forces in here that could at last help us!