In talking to some scientists, particularly younger ones, you might gather the impression that they find the scientific method a substitute for imaginative thought. Ive attended research conferences where a scientist has been asked what he thinks about the advisability of continuing a certain experiment. The scientist hasfrowned, looked at the graphs, and said, The data are still inconclusive. We know that, the men from the budget office have said, but what do you think? Is it worthwhile going on? What do you think we might expect? The scientist has been shocked at having even been asked to speculate.
What this amounts to, of course, is that the scientist has become the victim of his own writings. He has put forward unquestioned claims so consistently that he not only believes them himself, but also has convinced industrial and business management that they are true. If experiments are planned and carried out according to plan asfaithfully as the reports in the science journals indicate, then it is perfectly logical for management to expect research to produce results measurable in dollars and cents. It is entirely reasonable for auditors to believe that scientists who know exactly where they are going and how they will get there should not be distracted by the necessity of keeping one eye on the cash register while the other eye is on the microscope. Nor, if regularity and conformity to a standard pattern are as desirable to the scientist as the writing of his papers would appear to reflect, is management to beblamed for discriminating against the odd balls among researchers in favor of moreconventional thinkers who work well with the team.
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