{"id":7714,"date":"2026-01-17T12:09:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T20:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cosmologyscience.com\/cosblog\/?p=7714"},"modified":"2026-03-11T15:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T22:18:19","slug":"does-cosmology-advance-one-funeral-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cosmologyscience.com\/cosblog\/does-cosmology-advance-one-funeral-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Cosmology Advance One Funeral at a Time ?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Censoring<\/a>

Censoring Ideas<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

In theory Science is guided by those who can change their minds about our world when new contradicting evidence arises.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, Politics and Religion are controlled by zealots – those who fight against changing their minds when refuting evidence shows up.<\/p>\n

Could this effect occur in Cosmology?<\/p>\n

Max Plank<\/a> originally posed this conjecture in 1950 —<\/p>\n

\u2018A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.<\/strong><\/em>\u2019<\/p>\n

Well, now there’s some strong credible research providing evidence that its true.<\/a><\/p>\n

Here’s what researchers found —<\/p>\n

“We examine how the premature death of eminent life scientists alters the vitality of their fields. While the flow of articles by collaborators into affected fields decreases after the death of a star scientist, the flow of articles by non-collaborators increases markedly.<\/strong><\/em> This surge in contributions from outsiders draws upon a different scientific corpus and is disproportionately likely to be highly cited. While outsiders appear reluctant to challenge leadership within a field when the star is alive, the loss of a luminary provides an opportunity for fields to evolve in new directions that advance the frontier of knowledge.<\/strong><\/em>”<\/p>\n

So we need to ask – Are Cosmology academic papers blocked or Censored<\/strong> from publication because they question the Big Bang dogma?<\/p>\n

Without any doubt – it happens all the time<\/strong>. There’s an entirely separate online archive for those who get papers refused for political reasons (or other reasons) called Vixira.<\/a><\/p>\n

Are Grants denied<\/strong> because they question Big Bang dogma? Yes, by the same intellectual Gate Guards and their acolytes who block publication.<\/p>\n

Is telescope time denied?<\/strong> Yes. All the time. Halton Arp<\/a> (1966 book Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span>), one of the most insightful astrophysics researchers was fired from Palomar Observatory because he dared question Big Bang. Arp had to move to Europe to continue his research at Germany’s Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics.<\/p>\n

So recently the gentleman who created Big Bang’s most popular version (Lambda Cold-Dark Matter, or LCDM) passed away<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Can we expect more published papers questioning Big Bang now? It seems likely.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here’s how to help “others” (never me or you of course) change their minds<\/a> when they believe something so strongly (like Alice’s Red Queen).<\/p>\n

First – acknowledging flaws in our “knowledge” is terrifying<\/strong>. So smugness, contempt or mockery is exactly the wrong strategy.<\/p>\n

Kindness Works —<\/p>\n

We need to create spaces where doubting and skepticism is seen as something brave and courageous.<\/strong><\/p>\n

References:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Does Science Advance One Funeral at a Time?”, Pierre Azoulay, Christian Fons-Rosen, Joshua S. Graff Zivin<\/a><\/p>\n

The philosophy of indoctrination and how to fix it. Some people are always at war.<\/a>
\nby Jonny Thomson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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