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The more they know, the less likely they will identify the broad-spectrum outcome correctly.
We’ve all been there before. We got so involved with a problem, an interest, or a love affair that the rest of the world simply stopped to exist. Only when the problem was solved, the interest or love affair waned, only then did the rest of the world reenter our consciousness, getting our attention again.
Scientists are eagerly looking to understand the larger scientific picture, and yet the more they know, the less certain they become about ever finding the final answer. This is surprising, because — once you see it — it is very simple.
The harder part is to communicate well with scientists about the correct big picture, because it is a broad-spectrum problem, and scientists are first and foremost specialists of the detailed level. In this article, it is briefly investigated if science can even go to the largest of levels.
Identifying the problem is the first step, and finding the solution can then often follow quickly.
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A good structural philosopher will find an analogy that identifies the problem and that avoids the pitfalls of the conversation about the specific scientific problem. Only after describing the specific problem in a different manner, only then is the actual…
