Computers and the Expansion of Scientific Knowledge
Malcolm J. Crocker · The International Journal of Acoustics and Vibration · 2021
In considering what to write about in this editorial, I cast my mind back to two books, The Death of Science, Andrew Holster (2016): A Companion Study to Martin Lopez Corredoira's the Twilight of the Scientific Age (2013).When I wrote about this back then, I concluded that although many of their concerns were valid, that these authors were too negative.Their main arguments were that Science is at a crisis for the scientist working within modern organizations.It is also at a crisis for its capacity to help solve societal problems.And it is a crisis for philosophy, for the role of natural science to help inform our world view.The author of The Death of Science concludes that most meaningful scientific research has now been completed, and that the 'new research' being undertaken is derivative and a waste of time.And referees for journal articles are apparently corrupted.It is nice to learn again that I have been wasting my time as