Problem
Inhibited scientific investigation
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Obstructed scientific investigationUnnecessary research taboos
Unjustified constraints on technological development
Incidence:
There are increasing retreats from following up on scientific and technological breakthroughs. Cost factors have discouraged further space exploration, notably of the moon. Bovine growth hormones have been banned in certain locations because they would boost milk yields and hence increase the cost of subsidies. Few can benefit from the latest surgical techniques. Technical factors may impede certain investigations. Ethical factors may hinder others as in the case of the use of vivisection and use of foetal tissue in medical research. Environmental factors have impeded the development of technological "fixes" to existing problems on the basis that such solutions may engender problems worse than those they are designed to solve. Broader Problems:
Obstruction of research Narrower Problems:
Inhibited field workUnexplained phenomenaResistance to medical experimentationStructurally blocked scientific co-operationEnvironmental hazards constraining scientific research Strategies:
Developing technologiesSetting context for scientific studyObstructing scientific investigationRestricting technology research and developmentRestricting technology research and developmentRestricting technology research and developmentStimulating scientific investigationLimiting Subject(s):
Societal Problems → RestrictionsResearch, Standards → Research
Research, Standards → Investigations
Technology → Technology
Science → Science
Theology → Occultism
Development → Development
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
13.03.1997 – 00:00 CET