I have no disageement. It is difficult to me to think of a better system than the representative republic (because it is what I am familiar with and have faith in the founding of; not because I put the time in to see it as true). I am thinking more and more that fixes to the applied or practical sciences of medicine, politics etc will not work until the pure sciences are fixed first. There seem to be many errors that have become evident and amplified in physics that distort the way physicists view reality and threaten nihilistic earthquakes in the foundation of everything atop it. If / until physics is fixed it will be difficult or impossible to do anything but patch grievous errors in the practical sciences - and each patch will be a vicious fight so long as each side is trying to refer to “the science” and “the science” is headed by the smartest people but they are willing to entertain and express views contrary to common sense. For example - the quote below is one I agree with from an otherwise typically bad introduction to physics book for high schoolers
“As it is our deepest and best understanding of nature, physics should be part of the studies of any well educated person. It has become fashionable in recent decades to think of the sciences and humanities as separate, compartmentalized disciplines with little to offer each other. Nothing could be further from the truth.”
I happen to agree, and yet this leads to the obvious question then of why physicists are not championing the cause for a sound money like bitcoin. If any group has the mathematical chops, reputation, need for funding, appreciation of mathematical purity, and inherent skepticism in artifacts of authority it would be physicists. Where are they? Not only publicly advocating but even privately, behind the scenes, buying up bitcoin and taking over core development. I am no physicist but they are not by reputation a quiet and unassuming group willing to cultivate a great idea in the shadows quietly.
I do not know. Their absence at the forefront of what seems to be the greatest mathematical scam (fiat) ever suggest to me two possibilities, neither exclusive nor exhaustive:
1) bitcoin really is not that great and they all know it.
2) physicists really do lack common sense and a desire for truth in their lives and in general and have no problem carrying around as much - or more ! - cognitive dissonance as anyone else.
I do not have the math chops or contacts to know which is more likely. Neither one is inspiring at the moment.
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