The Flower and the Bee
摘要
The new ideaIdea comes from one individualIndividual, not from the collectiveCollective and, certainly, not from the collectivizationCollectivization of research in universitiesUniversity and governmentGovernment fundingFunding. The good ideaIdea spreads naturally because it is useful to many. It attracts a crowdCrowd of all kinds, volunteers. This is the phenomenonPhenomenon of diversityDiversity in natureNature. I call it natural diversityNatural diversity. This not to be confused with the unnatural diversityUnnatural diversity called DEIDiversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). The group attracted by the good ideaIdea is bigger, more visible, louder, and better connected than the creator. Outsiders, futureFuture joiners, copycatsCopycats, and bureaucrats get the impression that the ideaIdea came from the collectiveCollective, not from the single visionary. That impression is false. Policies based on it are doomed because they deny realityReality and natureNature. The good ideaIdea is like a beautiful flower that attracts the bees, painters, photographers, and people in love. Be both, the flower, and the bee! Fly with infiniteInfinite freedomFreedom and be ready to sting, to be remembered!” QuestionQuestion, thinkThink, Thinkers, decideDecide, and then questionQuestion yourself again. Ask why is this useful to know? Because by understanding the physicsPhysics principlesPrinciple that underlie natural phenomenaPhenomenon, people can position themselves and their societySociety better in natureNature. They can put the natural phenomenaPhenomenon at their service and avoid fighting losing battlesBattles. ScienceScience is about us, for us to use to our advantage, or to dismiss at our perilPeril.