The Problem With Science

People can easily manipulate you with numbers but it takes real power to manipulate someone with words.

Here is my disclaimer: not all science is bad, sure I'm thankful for seedless watermelons, digital cameras, and comfortable footwear, but for the most part, science just doesn't interest me.

We can go to the moon -- but we can't cure the common cold. Hmmm?

We can watch movies on our cell phones -- but we can't solve the energy crisis.

We can fly from LA to NY -- but we can't have our seats back during takeoff or landing. What is wrong with that picture?

Sure there are many other thorns in the side of man, but I'll save the rest of that list for another time. Yeah science has done some wonderful things, but hey, it isn't that great. I used to hate labs in high school. The teacher would explain the experiment and tell you the type of results you should expect. For some reason my experiments never turned out the results that were expected, so you know what I did? I fudged the numbers. I made it work. And don't tell me you didn't do the same thing. Those experiments were set up to fail. Honestly, we would have saved a lot of time if we had skipped the whole Erlenmeyer flask bit and were just told the results.

One more thing, have you ever looked through a microscope? Mitochondria my ass. The only thing I ever saw squinting through that damn microscope was blobbish material, and yet biology books have diagrammed every part of the cell. I bet a group of scientists got hammered and just made up all that stuff because I'm telling you there is nothing to see.

I hate science just like the next guy -- a lot. Don't get me wrong I hope that people who enjoy science continue doing experiments where they manipulate the stats to prove their hypothesis. I think that is awesome. But if it is all the same to you, I'll stay out of the laboratory.