Like all other human activities, Science is also strongly influenced by "politics", lobbies and economic interests. This does not scandalize us or make us unworthy, as it is precisely part of human nature, however it places serious limitations on the development of Science itself and on the introduction of new ideas. The solution could be to return to the Einsteinian concept of the beauty of doing Science for its own sake and to interpret each new proposal with an open mind using only the yardstick of the Galilean scientific method to give a final judgement. This would allow, on the one hand, to limit the strong conservatism of scientific orthodoxy often present in the most important international journals, and, on the other, to distinguish new serious proposals from potential crackpottery. In this context, the famous case of quantum black holes and of the black hole information paradox is analyzed here.
Christian Corda
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