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178 Suppressed Inventions and Other Discoveries
what threat did his invention pose It enabled deaf people to hear sounds
through the nerves in their skin.
Are these examples mere abberations in an otherwise inclusive organization,
or is there is a system-wide suppression syndrome And if suppression
is the norm in our supposedly objective scientific establishment,
what exactly have we lost I believe that we will probably never know
what we have lost, or at least the extent of the loss. That's because who
we become is a reflection of the attenuation of our available options by a
system in which greed is valued above the human creative potential, and
even the life force itself. This system's natural response is to suppress that
which threatens its stake in the status quo.
Science is funded by giant corporations that do not have a vested interest
in, say, organic agriculture, water as a fuel, or good nutrition and sanitation
as ways of improving health rather than vaccinations and antibiotics.
Science is not pure, nor has it ever been. The "Scientific Method"
exists only for the purpose of censoring the innovations of independent
thinkers.
The unconventional scientist, the person who comes up with something
that threatens a billion dollar industry, will find him or herself either very
rich or very dead. Or possibly both. Still, some courageous souls do try,
despite the risks, to make their knowledge public. These truly great researchers
and inventors are the pure scientists—the ones with a better
idea, a new periodic table, a fresh perspective in looking at the universe,
a cure for cancer. They represent thousands of other free thinkers who
remain anonymous because their ideas and inventions have been bought
up, suppressed, forgotten.
Common sense dictates that the quality of life of the human population
would be greatly improved if only good ideas would triumph in a free
marketplace of ideas.
But there is no existing free marketplace of ideas, and so good ideas do
not triumph in the end. Thus it seems that, despite the vigorous protests of
skeptics and others who profit from existing conditions, the evidence
would indicate that suppression is the norm.
The current reality of a world in which creativity and independent
thinking are stifled portends a dismal future. Is there any hope with a view
like this one Perhaps not. But then, perhaps it is up to us to change our
outlook for the years to come.