A scientist must have the autonomy to participate in scientific research, publication, communication and other activities, and his research results have made great contributions to human society.
People who engage in scientific research are not scientists, nor are experts and inventors. There is an essential difference between the two. An expert, inventor, etc. It only refers to professionals who have made outstanding achievements in their respective fields and are recognized by local or national authorities, not scientists.
Folk scientists, their growth and development is more difficult. They have restrictions on funds, experimental sites, experimental equipment, confidentiality, basic data acquisition, data calculation and analysis, and scientific forums. They have to work several times or even dozens of times harder than others to become scientists. Therefore, folk scientists are more worthy of respect!
This division of folk scientists is a bit unscientific. Science refers to correct and well-founded ideas and theories, as well as practical methods and practices that can solve problems.
No one can innovate modern knowledge from scratch. They are all applied on the premise of learning the basic principles discovered by scientific giants. Either it is not a scientist, only scientific behavior, or it is pseudoscience, which has no scientific reason.
Science does not refuse to make mistakes, everyone will think and do, and what is right is science, no matter whether the level is enough or not.
In 20 18 10 10/month 10, I published the solution and proof of the universal significance of integer solutions of binary linear equations. It is basic, extensive, practical and valuable in number theory and should be written into textbooks. In the past, we used integer solutions of binary linear equations, China residuals, indefinite equations, line generation and volume solution. With the passage of time, it will surely become a pearl of China's contribution to the world mathematics. (First, arbitrarily deduce a binary linear equation to find an integer solution, and then you can solve it after understanding it).
Please ask the knowledgeable teacher to see what stone it is.
Folk inventors have heard of it, but few folk scientists. Yuan Longping, a folk scientist, is only one person. His high-yield rice has been recognized by the state and can be called a farmer scientist. But we don't know much about farmers and scientists. But there are also many inventors of farmers, such as rice transplanters, seeders, noodle makers, beaters and so on. But the news also saw that farmers built planes, but they did not pass the national examination and approval. It is also considered a rural artist, but it is far from the term scientist.
The debate between folk scientists and official scientists is just different in position and angle, and there is no distinction between high and low, fine and coarse, right and wrong.
Facing a scientific problem, official scientists should have a more original perspective, because they have more funds and equipment support. This cannot be used as a reason for official scientists to discriminate against the existence of folk scientists, who may have a deeper understanding of the problem.
Folk scientists are also scientists, the difference is that orthodox scientists have state funding, and individual scientists have to rely on their own economic support. Orthodox scientists have a halo on their heads, while folk scientists have no background and low status. Throughout history, most inventions were created by private individuals, so they cannot be called scientists. In fact, they are even greater. If they are not scientists, there is only one motive to inherit the achievements of folk scientists.
I think official scientists have their own rules. From the perspective of official scientists, folk scientists are like fooling around without culture and rules, but from no rules to rules, "folk scientists have no money and no equipment." Official scientists should admire folk scientists more.
High-tech hegemony, hand-dug humiliation. If the country has no talents, who will rule?