Newton’s Laws of Motion may be simply stated as:

• First Law: every object persists in its state of rest or uniform motion unless acted upon by an external force;
• Second Law: the rate of change of momentum is directly proportional to the applied force; and
• Third Law: for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.

The bylaws, Newton’s Laws of Experts, are as follows:

• First Law: every expert persists in his state of rest or opinion unless acted upon by an external grant;
• Second Law: the rate of change of opinion is directly proportional to the applied grant; and
• Third Law: for every expert there is an equal and opposite expert.

The First Law of Experts is well known and can be demonstrated in countless universities, institutes and research bodies. There are two major influences. First, the need to appear relevant to the wants of society means engagement in the great issues of the day. This has been brought on by well intentioned but misguided policy that assumes innovations, financial, technical or other, spring fully developed from academic research and national needs should determine the areas of research interest. Read rest...