Extremely fun, entertaining and thought provoking read. Here is an example of the "thought provoking" aspects for me.
The proposed approach will not work for me personally and I think for most scientists in our current society.
When something has "cult characteristics" (robes, oxen etc.) I immediately dismiss it as "not worth it". The reason, I think, is that we learned that "cults" usually lack substance or require one to accept everything as axioms.
On the other hand, in the hypothetical society described the "scientific cults" will obviously be taken, very, very seriously! Imagine eighth level physicists demonstrating their power (literally; in J/s; e.g. Castle Bravo).
I think that such a society will have to be very different from ours in many other ways and it is very interesting to try to imagine in what ways.
Extremely fun, entertaining and thought provoking read. Here is an example of the "thought provoking" aspects for me.
The proposed approach will not work for me personally and I think for most scientists in our current society.
When something has "cult characteristics" (robes, oxen etc.) I immediately dismiss it as "not worth it". The reason, I think, is that we learned that "cults" usually lack substance or require one to accept everything as axioms.
On the other hand, in the hypothetical society described the "scientific cults" will obviously be taken, very, very seriously! Imagine eighth level physicists demonstrating their power (literally; in J/s; e.g. Castle Bravo).
I think that such a society will have to be very different from ours in many other ways and it is very interesting to try to imagine in what ways.