Friday, December 29, 2017
Just one thought
Just one big convective thought amid lots of convective snow and rain and weariness.
THEORIES ARE LIKE PATENTS.
Both are advertised as encouraging innovation. Both actually HALT innovation.
When a theory is formed, scientists stop LOOKING. They close their eyes to parts of the universe or parts of the body or parts of the circuit or parts of the economy that don't fit the theory perfectly.
The reality of patents is obvious and uncontroversial. Patents are DEFENSES against innovation. Most people who deal with inventions describe the purpose openly, with no irony or sense of contradiction, and use patents for their ACTUAL purpose.
The reality of theories is nearly secret. Theories are DEFENSES against direct observation. Anyone who offers a direct observation, no matter how carefully instrumented and calibrated, will be CLUBBED AND BEATEN by theorists. Even though this process is just as obvious and routine as the patent defense process, you won't find any honest descriptions of the process.
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