In this post I will attempt to highlight, describe, and outline the reasons why I believe that my beloved Quest for Truth has been bastardized, perverted and manipulated. It has turned from the pioneering explorer pushing at the boundaries of human understanding, into the shackled slave of the financial elite begging for scraps in return for further increasing their power, wealth and influence.
Suppression of Science for Financial Gain
The most obvious and widely reported case of scientific suppression was conducted by the Catholic Church, who were known to execute as heretics those who opposed their sanctioned beliefs about the nature of the Universe. However, The particular case which resonates most strongly with me is the case of Nikola Tesla, who's story is too long to recount in full on this blog, but deserves drawing attention to nonetheless.
Tesla was a Serbian inventor, engineer and (arguably) scientist who emigrated to America in the late 1800's. He is the father of alternating current (the foundation of our electricity grid) and engaged in intensive research around field and wave physics, ultimately dreaming of providing the world with limitless, wireless-transmitted FREE energy.
Unfortunately, Tesla's dreams conflicted with the financial interests of his backers. They realized that his dream of wireless energy - if implemented - would loosen the stranglehold they had on the energy industry. No one would have to pay for their energy anymore. Ultimately, Tesla's lab was burned down and the man himself left ridiculed and financially destitute by the very men who had profited from his genius.
For a more modern example you need only look to the tobacco companies of recent years. Those who touted not only the harmlessness of smoking, but claimed it was actually BENEFICIAL to human health.
Science for Profit
When 70% of all scientific research is funded by groups who stand to gain financially from the results, it is not difficult to see why much of the scientific community is in the service of profiteering corporations. Only research which has the potential for to make money receives funding, and any science conducted for these purposes only ever serves the financial interests - often in spite of human, animal or ecological concerns - of the groups that fund it.
Would you trust a drug company who makes BILLIONS from traditional cancer treatments to tell you about effective natural remedies if they existed? These companies have a vested interest to sell patentable drugs, and a patient being treated for their symptoms for life is far more lucrative than a patient cured for life.
Those interested in further reading should look into the work of John Hutchison and the numerous inventors of alleged "Free/New Energy" technology who have met their untimely ends.
Fanfare for The Conscious
Sources
Big Science - Wikipedia
Funding of Science - Wikipedia
Science Funding Crisis - The Guardian
Global Research - The Corporate Takeover of Science
