Militarized medicine and science, in the service of power, cease to be militarized

27 August 20213 years ago babelfish

I happened to read some observations by Paul Rosemberg on the “Militarization of medicine” and its political use. His speech is very interesting and we condense the important points, to understand how the current historical phase we are experiencing is above all a defeat for science and medicine.

here are the five points that show the defeat of science and medicine resulting from their militarization in favor of power:

# 1: Science is not unitary consensus .

Ten, one hundred or one million people, all wrapped up in lab coats and saying the same thing, DON'T make it that way. Indeed, this is scientifically irrelevant. It is only a theatrical performance, that is, anti-science. Kind of like doctors who go on TV saying the same thing.

All science is, in reality, a process of verifying ideas; it is not an organization, it is not based on authority, indeed it is intrinsically against authority, and it is certainly not allied with power. All that matters in science are verifiable, that is, contestable, at least potentially.

# 2: Medicine as a science is completely separate from politics .

Medicine is the application of science for human health. Politics is the use of persuasion and power to govern human masses. These are completely separate disciplines. Putting politics on medicine is to subjugate and degrade medicine to a pre-scientific state. To intimidate doctors with political obligations is to humiliate their business

# 3: Peer review is losing meaning .

Unfortunately, the Peer review system on which classical scientific literature is based has been taken prisoner by academic hierarchies and almost completely separated from science proper. It has become an instrument of institutional power, wielded by academics who have sold off science for the sake of power and politics.

At one time, “peer review” referred to the replication of experiments by other researchers. That time has passed, and researchers say yes or no depending on academic affiliation.

# 4: Medicine and science have nothing to do with social pressure .

Once "medicine" and "science" are mixed with social pressure, or the tools to exercise it, they are no longer science or medicine, but only illegitimate tools of social modification

# 5: You won't know the scientific truth except by reading the most contested and counter-current scientific articles .

What you see on TV is propaganda. What you see on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube is pre-censored. If you are really looking for the truth, you will have to find the scientific articles that answer your question and I should really read the ones that contest the truth being spread by the mass media. Otherwise you bow to the power of "Big Brother".

Because then we do not see crowds of protesters, because few have the courage to go against the established power and its false pseudo-scientific dicta:

Education is no longer based on knowledge and its dissemination, but only on submission to authority. It is no longer important to know the Pythagorean theorem and its consequences, but to accept what is socially correct. Having been trained in submission to authority, then speaking against an authority appears terrifying.
The fear of appearing stupid, of being publicly unmasked as stupid, therefore the power uses apparently "Important" people, and above all aggressive and unscrupulous (think of the pseudo hosts or guests of talk shows) for this purpose.
Many people love to be part of a flock. If everything can be questioned then you have to face the world alone and not everyone is equipped for it
Often going against power is admitting that you were wrong

None of these things have any connection with the truth, only with power and intimidation. And this is anti-science, no matter how much it masquerades as science, but it's the exact opposite of it. Despite this, this is what is served up every day.

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