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Oppression of Revolutionary Ideas in Science
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We often view scientific inquiry as a meritocratic enterprise. Science is imagined as the battlefield of ideas, each tested through empiricism and rationalism, culminating in a slow, steady march towards progress for humanity. The imagery of war is intentional here: just as soldiers are indoctrinated of the evil of their enemies, scientists are led to perceive opposing ideas as fallacious, and that the only enemy of scientific inquiry is ignorance.