A nice reminder that there is much to learn about this world. There is far too little humility in science (and I speak as one who aspires to make a career in academic fields).
Completely agree. Maybe scientific research needs the equivalent of angel investors, or maybe just rich patrons, because investors tend to be impatient, etc.
We need to go back to the days of great experimentalists like Rayleigh, Faraday, etc. The publish or perish way of working does not advance science most of the time.Scientists resort to all sorts of tricks to stay afloat. I remember reading somewhere that 80% of papers published in even reputed jounals like Physical Review Letters do not advance our understanding by a millimeter. It's wonderful to read stuff like this.
I think that the supposed lack of humility in science is because far too many of them have to deal with political attacks from people who don't understand basic science.