Everyone has to be a Scientist

[Martin Hash]

Scientometrics is the measuring & analyzing of science. Since 1947 it’s estimated that knowledge has been steadily growing at 5% a year since the 17th century; meaning scientific data is doubling every 15 years. Obviously, this exponential growth can’t continue forever simply because to continue, everyone on the planet would have to be a scientist to handle their little piece of knowledge. Think of it, there’s an ever increasing amount of knowledge, and somebody has to know it!

Unfortunately, the number of scientists doesn’t double every 15 years so what will happen? Either people have to get smarter or Artificial Intelligence, A.I., is developed to take up the slack. The border between science and society is becoming increasingly blurred as people ask their gadgets for help & information. The the brain-computer interface will eventually disappear altogether and everyone will become cyborgs just to function in everyday life, or the A.I.s take over.