While reading through the first scientific play of this class, analyzed the play and with same introspection develop questions. Brought up questions on philosophy versus love, or question about the connection between love and discovery. But, a constant thought that keeps coming through my mind with the idea of the concept of the effect of society on discovery. Then I considered that maybe because Emilia was a woman and outside of the norm of science, she comes up with her ideas. That's by teaching herself and not being as entrench in the pro newton ideologically of the time. She was able to look and analyze Newton work with a clear perspective. That her being raised not as a member of the royal academy of science help her actually look at
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Photograph 51, is about women named Rosalind Franklin taking the first photograph of DNA. The Breaking the Code, is about this odd man, that not even his colleagues believed in finding a way to break an …show more content…
Discovery is not just new ideas, but a lot of the time, new minds make the greatest discoveries. Even look at Einstein, he was not a professor or scientist, but a lowly Swiss patent clerk. Being an outsider helps one understand the truth through the bias and hierarchy of society. Though one does have to work with people, a good scientist believes nothing is true until proven and test all. But, I believe this societal pressure in knowing the facts and this trust in the norm is eradicating the possibility of seeing the unknown truths. This bias and societal influence have to lead to horrible things, to genocides and holocausts. We need society and structure, but we need to produce a society that is open to creativity and new ideas. Until then we are going to stay in a world in which being an outsider is a good thing because you can see the truth. This world is like those stories you're told as a kid about the weirdo in high school that grows up to be a millionaire and the bully is broke. This is true until the outsider crosses the threshold of no return. Being the underdog helps build the drive to prove the world wrong, but if you are too much of an underdog drive is not enough. This drive motivates us and in society, there two ways to handle being
Photograph 51, is about women named Rosalind Franklin taking the first photograph of DNA. The Breaking the Code, is about this odd man, that not even his colleagues believed in finding a way to break an …show more content…
Discovery is not just new ideas, but a lot of the time, new minds make the greatest discoveries. Even look at Einstein, he was not a professor or scientist, but a lowly Swiss patent clerk. Being an outsider helps one understand the truth through the bias and hierarchy of society. Though one does have to work with people, a good scientist believes nothing is true until proven and test all. But, I believe this societal pressure in knowing the facts and this trust in the norm is eradicating the possibility of seeing the unknown truths. This bias and societal influence have to lead to horrible things, to genocides and holocausts. We need society and structure, but we need to produce a society that is open to creativity and new ideas. Until then we are going to stay in a world in which being an outsider is a good thing because you can see the truth. This world is like those stories you're told as a kid about the weirdo in high school that grows up to be a millionaire and the bully is broke. This is true until the outsider crosses the threshold of no return. Being the underdog helps build the drive to prove the world wrong, but if you are too much of an underdog drive is not enough. This drive motivates us and in society, there two ways to handle being