Archive for February 22, 2012
February 22, 2012
Art and science, research and teaching are free. It says so in Article 5, paragraph 3, of our Constitution. It can not hurt now and then to remember, especially against the backdrop of increasing attacks on our fundamental rights. But also, if you look at the apparatus that today "the science" represents.
Science is no more activity, but an institution. Power structures have been established that are not really conducive to science. To what extent, and what we can do about it, you learn in this post .
The actual free research is relegated to the background, officials organize the operation. Sure, organized science is not punishable. Not yet. Read this story »
