Another Science is Possible - A Manifesto for Slow SciencePaperback
Another Science is Possible - A Manifesto for Slow SciencePaperback Like fast food, fast science is quickly prepared, not particularly good and it clogs up the system. From another flank, scientific…
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Another Science is Possible - A Manifesto for Slow SciencePaperback
Like fast food, fast science is quickly prepared, not particularly good and it clogs up the system. From another flank, scientific research is being shaped by the bubbles and crashes associated with economic speculation and the market. Efforts to tackle our most pressing issues, like global warming, have been stymied by conflict within the scientific community and mixed messages, symptomatic of a rushed approach.
In this book, distinguished philosopher Isabelle Stengers shows that research is deeply intertwined with broader social interests, which means that science cannot race ahead in isolation but must learn instead to slow down. A focus on conformism, competitiveness, opportunism and flexibility has made it extremely difficult to present cases of failure to the public, for fear that the public will lose confidence in science altogether. Stengers offers a path to an alternative