The scientific profession was professionalized in the 19th century, becoming a priesthood analogous to the Christian clergy; this professionalization moved science from amateur natural philosophy to a credentialed, exclusive professional organization governed by rigid rules and hierarchies.
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Rupert SheldrakeEvidence Quote
“it was a struggle in the 19th century a lot of scientists in Britain were either amateurs like Charles Darwin yeah they had an academic the Pharaoh day or you know Faraday was at the Royal Institution not in the university in a rather eccentric small institution yes yeah and so but when you became professionalized something th H Huxley was one of the drivers of in Britain you know to make sounds a professional like a priesthood”
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