Consensus Is Invoked Only In Situations Where

In Science Consensus Is Irrelevant. What Is Relevant Is Reproducible Results.

Scientific Power Is Like Inherited Wealth; Attained Without Discipline. You Read About What Others Have Done, And You Take The Next Step. You Can Do It Very Young. You Can Make Progress Very Fast.

Cut Off From Direct Experience, Cut Off From Our Own Feelings And Sometimes Our Own Sensations, We Are Only Too Ready To Adopt A Viewpoint Or Perspective That Is Handed To Us, And Is Not Our Own.

It's Not Easy To Cut Through A Human Head With A Hacksaw.

One Of The Most Difficult Features Of Direct Experience Is That It Is Unfiltered By Any Theories Or Expectations. It's Hard To Observe Without Imposing A Theory To Explain What We're Seeing, But The Trouble With Theories, As Einstein Said, Is That They Explain Not Only What Is Observed, But What Can Be Observed. We Start To Build Expectations Based On Our Theories.