Paying_the_Price
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Praying the Price
From the introduction to Portraits of the Martyrs, by S.T. Sanyal:
The list of people condemned for advocating new ideas is long and depressing. Ignaz Semmelweis utterly destroyed for suggesting doctors wash their hands. Ludwig Boltzmann ridiculed for suggesting the existence of atoms. Robert H. Goddard mocked for arguing that a rocket could reach the moon. Al- Razi attacked for questioning the existence of humors. Barbara McClintock's discovery of transposition ignored for years. The list goes on and on.
And we haven't even touched on what happens to those who suggest political rather than scientific improvements. Even when they succeed, they often still pay with their lives.
These days, the idea of progress is frequently derided as yet another narrative, identified with the establishment by critics who curiously portray themselves as rebels. But the truth is that every step forward that humanity has ever taken has c5358 enormous personal cost.
Comments
| Miranda: That means it's even more important to stand up for the truth, because so many others have already sacrificed themselves for it. |
| Athena: It does But what is the right way of doing it? Many died for the truth without accomplishing anything. |
| Miranda: Maybe we just have to do what's right and trust the universe. |