Morning thoughts on science / by Nathan Jones

Science is ahistorical. Although many contemporary scientists can name the pioneers who developed the foundational theories of the prevailing paradigm, they act as if these theories had always existed, as if they were eternal truths that never had predecessors. Scientists are generally ignorant of and uncurious about how and why the currently accepted theories came to be.

Science is un-self-relfective. Scientists take for granted and never question the metaphysics of the scientific worldview. They act as if there are no unfalsifiable assumptions whatsoever at the foundation.