Аннотация: From Russia into Loseristan. Two realities of modern science. Essay on the history of science.
From Russia into Loseristan. Two realities of modern science. Essay on the history of science.
Periodically, citizens of Russia have the happiness to learn about important meetings with the participation of outstanding figures, about huge money allocated from the state budget, about enormous plans.
Such information gives rise to a sublime mood.
However, at the same time, information comes about the "specialists on a water problems." Such specialists tried ("He explained everything"!). They tried, but they were unable to stop important works, which were essential for the region and for the country.
Moreover, after the real water problems began in Siberia and the Far East, the helplessness and futility of such specialists became obvious - water problems arose quite unexpectedly, despite the presence of mathematical models, large scientific organizations, etc. The residents of the flooded areas even didn't have time to untie the dogs.
A peculiar news came from the South of Russia.
"In Rostov it is time to create a full-fledged Southern branch of RAS. This was stated at the plenary session of the Southern Scientific Center [SSC] of the Russian Academy of Sciences by its scientific head academician Gennady Mathishov.
In his opinion, in the south of the country all conditions have been created for the establishment of a regional office of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the basis of the SSC RAS. This will help raise the status and prestige of science in the region, Matishov said. " (Elena Sleptsova. www.nvgazeta.ru. 20 January 2020).
It is good that in the South of Russia conditions for the development of science are good! (It is curious that the ex-envoy Victor Kazantsev set the same task - 06/04/2003 13:07 http://regions.ru/news/1128693/. There are scientific tasks that always remain relevant - it is the status and the budget money).
Other news came along. Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Agrarian Scientific Center "Don" (formerly - the All-Russian Research Institute (VNII) of grain crops named after I. G. Kalinichenko), deputy Alabushev and his wife on Tuesday [January 28, 2020] were found killed in a [own] private house in Zernograd, Rostov Oblast. A criminal case has been opened". [https://tass.ru/politika/7631163]
Yes ...
Meanwhile, powerful powers are moving forward, overtaking Russia in the development of science and technology.
The leading positions of Russia (since the 1960s) directly before our eyes are lost.
About the life trajectory of the most famous historian of Russia (author of 16 monographs and more than a hundred scientific articles), who (historian), oddly enough, even Doctor of Sciences and Professor could not become, it is better not to remember, - it's a very sad theme.
There are two realities.
1. A chatter and big budget money.
2. And a gradual transformation into Loseristan.
January 29, 2020 09:36
Translation from Russian into English: January 29, 2020 10:15.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский "Из России в Лузеристан. Две реальности современной науки. Очерк истории науки".