Dear Colleagues!
The theme of our World Scientific Congress, Science for Peace –
XVII WORLD SCIENTIFIC CONGRESS ON THE THEME “MODERN SCIENCE: DISCOVERIES AND PSEUDO-DISCOVERIES”. 24 NOVEMBER 2023. PARIS
the discovery of everything new in reality is the goal and purpose of science. At the same time, this process is very difficult and ambiguous.
Discovery is the interaction between the statement of everything really new and its fundamentally new explanation. It is the interaction as complementation, mutual enrichment, mutual clarification and partial mutual transition of one real phenomenon into another that is the goal of scientific research. Purpose is always intended to solve some problem. And the purpose is always purposeful in a problematic respect. Conclusion without a fundamental explanation is a kind of half-discovery and is a kind of a breeding ground for pseudo-discovery.
The discovery of anything truly new presupposes the ability to think deeply and to reflect intensely and purposefully on the subject matter of the scientist’s research. This skill can be taught, although it is not an easy process. It is also necessary to purposeful and persistent spiritual self-education of a person entering science.
It should be noted that in itself and often given out the call of youth in science and the orientation of science exclusively on youth does not lead to the rapid and automatic emergence of various discoveries. Science is renewed by new ideas, not by the age of scientists. Scientists of different generations and ages are capable of making discoveries. Many discoveries require a long accumulation of various facts and diverse and long-term activities. Genuine discoveries can and often are made by scientists of mature and even old age.
A discovery, in order to become a real property of a certain science and science in general, all those interested in it, must be “promoted” and receive a kind of advertising. This is not always the case, and some discoveries are plunged into obscurity. Certain advantages are received, as a rule, shouting and a priori promising discoveries without any special grounds for it. So-called discoverers promise various and very fast profits on their behalf. All this attracts various investors to them, who most often turn out to be deceived. Fundamental discoveries do not immediately become famous. It is believed that they can become “profitable” very soon. Meanwhile, many fundamental discoveries can become practically useful and very profitable almost immediately after their emergence (radio, television, X-rays, microbiology, laser). Nowadays, fundamental discoveries are known to a relatively narrow circle of scientific community, even those that save many human lives (aviation safety, its prevention, tsunamis, killer waves, etc.).
It should be kept in mind that scientific discoveries have different times of their theoretical and practical impact. In genuine discoveries there is a need of time, which is grasped by scientists and becomes their own internal need.
Discoveries have a different orientation. Fundamentally humane and only to a certain extent inhuman.
No fundamental discovery can happen by force and coercion. Violence in this case is useless and meaningless.
