This-essay is a7805231.htm which is available at the
web-site www.essayz.com. See more notes at the bottom.
Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay
By-Months By-Years By-Words
Webs of Like-&-Un-Like ESSAYS <==> Like-&-UN-Like This-One
==========================================================
%LEADERSHIP TOWARDS DIALOGUE 780523
Scientists tend to affirm values such as:
objectivity, analytic understanding, measurements,
quantitative descriptions, mathematical relationships,
formal languages, repeatability, systematic procedures,
careful planning, reduction of mystery, mechanistic
explanations, sophisticated techniques, accuracy,
precision, etc. As they affirm these values they tend to
fail to affirm people who do not join them in affirming
their chosen values. Because of their preoccupation with
their chosen values they neglect to be in dialogue with
people who are different from them.
Were scientific leaders to believe that dialogue with
different people was very important they would take steps
to promote such dialogue. They would seek to understand
the process by which young people become different as
scientists, and would cease to be in dialogue with many
kinds of people. Also of concern would be the ways in
which the alienation of one generation of scientists tends
to promote even greater alienation on the part of the
following generation of scientists---a destructive feed-
back-loop in operating. The discovery of the collusions,
games of mutual self-deception, would be a matter of
concern to scientific leaders who would affirm the value
of dialogue. Once they understand the nature of the
problem they as problem solvers would take appropriate
steps to solve the problem of lack of dialogue between
scientists and non-scientists.
It is important to understand the difference between
the leadership pattern of scientists and of politics.
Political leaders are elected by the general public,
scientific leaders are not elected by the general public.
In fact, they are not elected by any group---except for
the few leaders in the professional societies. Those
elected leaders, however, usually do not see themselves as
political leaders who are concerned with the public
welfare; therefore, they tend to have little concern for
the lack of dialogue between scientists and non-
scientists---except as it affects governmental funding of
their professional activities. Thus there is little
scientific leadership towards dialogue, because scientists
are not held publicly accountable as political leaders.
(c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in
www.essayz.com Search for Integrity and Honesty
(On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)
==========================================================
Lines beginning with a percent sign are KEYWORDS for use
in ESSAY-System Searches. Their terminal digits are dates
of writing in the format @yymmdd#, where @ = a means 99,
@ = b means 20, and # = is a within-date essay-count.
Links to date-adjacent essays are near page top & bottom.
Find the following links by clicking on CENTER when CENTER
near the top or bottom of a web page of essayz.com
1. Go to HOME PAGE of essayz.com
2. Find brief-essays via keywords
3. Find brief-essay about ADDICTION
4. Search-Helps related to ABOVE-LINK
5. GoTo Action & Information Center
6. Find Regular-Essays via Year/Month
7. Find Regular-Essays via Word-Starts
8. Find Regular-Essay about LOVE
This-essay is a7805231.htm which is available at the
web-site www.essayz.com. These 5 lines echo top lines.
Previous-Essay <== This-Essay ==> Following-Essay
By-Months By-Years By-Words
Webs of Like-&-Un-Like ESSAYS <==> Like-&-UN-Like This-One