Germar Rudolf, Resistance Is Obligatory (2012; PDF-Datei

GERMAR RUDOLF, RESISTANCE IS OBLIGATORY
This point illustrates the sociological background of this trial. As a
consequence of this present day German taboo, no individual in our society
can express himself rationally, objectively and candidly about this
taboo, because either he complies with it and is thereby biased, or else
he is under a permanent threat of exclusion, persecution and of being
himself taboo-ized, hence finding himself in a state of duress. This is of
course particularly true of you as judges in this criminal trial.
For the scientist, however, taboos are strictly unacceptable.
The two non-negotiable main pillars of scientific endeavor are therefore:
1. Freedom of Hypothesis: At the beginning of the quest for creating
knowledge any question may be asked. Doubt as the intellectual basis
of all humans can be expressed as a simple question: “Is this really
true?” Thus curiosity is nothing other than reason posing questions
in search of answers. In scientific research there are many
terms for these questions, as for example “research desiderata,” all
of which ultimately come to the same thing.
2. Undetermined Outcome: The answers to research questions can be
determined exclusively by verifiable evidence. They cannot be determined
by taboos or official guidelines laid down by scientific, societal,
religious, political, judicial or other authorities. This is in
keeping with Kant’s maturity described above, that is, the ideal of
the enlightenment.
If answers to scientific questions are prescribed, then posing questions
is degraded to a mere rhetorical farce, and science becomes impossible.
This is therefore not just an undermining of the essential nature
of science, but its complete abolition.
The greater a taboo and the more severe the persecution of taboobreakers
are, the more appropriate and even required are skepticism,
doubt, and distrust. Those who forcefully try to prevent critical illumination
of such taboos must be asked how many skeletons they are trying
to hide in their own basements.
In this regard, the German physicist George Christoph Lichtenberg
very fittingly remarked: 72
“The most common opinions and what everyone considers unquestionable
often deserve most to be investigated.”
72 Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Vermischte Schriften, vol. 1, Dieterich, Göttingen 1853, p. 98.
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