Saradina-Info-Blog

What applies to science in general applies particularly to medicine.

General interest is very high precisely because medical issues are so relevant to life. The bigger the problems, the higher the expectations.

It is so that the successes only increase slowly, especially in the case of very serious and frequent diseases.

In practice, this means that those who see badly, see badly - even with glasses, those who are deaf from birth remain deaf, and those who are paraplegic after an accident remain paralyzed, despite all the technical innovations. In a way, you can say who is sick is sick and the aids may be better today, but basically nothing has changed since the beginning of humanity. The blind are blind and the lame are lame.

One wonders why there are always better weapon systems, but certain diseases that have been known for a long time simply cannot be cured? Something is going wrong.

The core task of science is to conduct research on specific issues and, if possible, to generate new knowledge.

But science is increasingly coming under pressure from different sides. On the one hand, the population wants solutions for all kinds of everyday problems from health to technology, on the other hand, the good reputation of the sciences arouses desires among business groups.

As research is expensive and the public sector shows little interest in the targeted promotion of science, research is becoming increasingly dependent on companies, which have more influence over what exactly is being researched and which topics are lucrative. Some corporations also use state educational institutions such as universities by providing material support for certain research.

This is very practical for the corporations, because the universities make the environment available free of charge, but ultimately they do not benefit from what has been researched under the "patronage" of the corporations. These are questionable circumstances, especially when you think of the benefits for the general public.