o Each individual develops a worldview that is more or less consistent | o Scientist therefore tend to reject exceptions and refute anomalies, claiming to have a skeptic attitude |
o The worldview is created by interaction of the individual with the environment | o Often skepticism takes a form of ?oral space fright?and is poorly affected by self-criticism |
o Worldviews are integrated in a mental biography that is constantly adapted to personal needs | o Scientists are often poorly educated in analyzing the processes they are part of themselves |
o A worldview is an implicit part of self-esteem and thus of intellectual survival | o Some scientists identify alternative thinking as an attack on their personal integrity/worldview |
o Personal worldviews tend to be intensely defended on the basis of their supposed meaning | o Some tend therefore to disqualify opponents or refrain from giving sufficient credits to them |
o Scientific exploration always takes place within the context of a personal worldview | o Alternative and innovative thinking, however, is an essential part of proper scientific endeavor |
o Scientists have a worldview that is often claimed by them as objective and rational | o Scientists are increasingly involved in money making and commercial science policies |
o However scientists can never be fully objective and rational since their worldview is, per definition, personal and subjective | o Some scientists loose independence, invalidating their societal task of critical professional assessor |
o Due to this field of tension, scientists look for moral support and professional consensus | o Scientific findings that are not in the interest of multinationals, sometimes become discredited in public |
o Consensus is always temporary and so are scientific theories and worldviews | o Scientists in such an underlying position have no formal opportunity to submit their complaints |
o Scientists thus are striving for safety, a phenomenon that usually is found in mainstream science | o Potential breakthroughs in science may (initially) be largely frustrated by a scientific establishment |
o Scientist therefore tend to reject exceptions and refute anomalies, claiming to have a skeptic attitude |