hartreefoch
I think you grossly underestimate the power that Dogma has in relation to the life of the average person. While it is true that almost every scientist would love to have that Nobel Prize, everyone also silently agrees on what is acceptable and what is not.
Discoveries that lie outside of the prescribed "acceptable" paradigm are simply not allowed to see the light of day and many a career has been destroyed for refusing to heed this unsaid warning. Science has largely become the new religion of man, with the scientist/doctor now playing the role of the priest. They are the new oracles who provide us with the answers we are unwilling to look for on our own.
Why have we never heard about healing cancer, free energy, paranormal abilities, non polluting energy sources? Because science as an institution is about politics. its all about where the money is, where the control is, and there is no money to be made in free energy or healthy people. It is no different than when the church so fanatically tried to rid the world or paganism in all its forms. Unrestricted knowledge becomes power in the hands of those who understand and are willing to use it.
Science as it exists today will never admit openly to any paranormal ability because science despises the idea of creation. Man's place in the universe is so infinately small yet he parades around as if he were its master. The scientist must stop assuming he already knows when he is supposed to be "looking to find out".
LS
