“The scientific method is in conflict with human nature. [...] So what you end up with is social ape dynamics inside scientific fields, that can lock them off from truth over time."
~Julian Gough on how new sciences descend from "start-up energy to corporate bloat..."
Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/the-egg-and-the-rock-ep-249
Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZ5inYnDWWA&t=3s