But if we run with the abstraction that science is input to engineering (and engineering is description of production (processes)) then it could very well be that all the technological progress we see could result from a very long back-log created by earlier science for engineering to catch up to and it could very well be that science has stalled to produce results (at least those that can be used as input to engineering) without us noticing anything wrong just looking at new products. Could.
When you can reliably determine whether science has stalled then this argument isn’t relevant. Some might disagree on that. I point out that in absence of evidence of science stalling or not we can’t rely on current engineering output as a proxy. That’s all.
But if we run with the abstraction that science is input to engineering (and engineering is description of production (processes)) then it could very well be that all the technological progress we see could result from a very long back-log created by earlier science for engineering to catch up to and it could very well be that science has stalled to produce results (at least those that can be used as input to engineering) without us noticing anything wrong just looking at new products. Could.
Yes, and..? I am not sure what point are you making.
That we have only tentative evidence that science hasn’t stalled from engineering productiveness.
Why would you care about that when you can go and look at science directly, without trying to proxy it with engineering success?
When you can reliably determine whether science has stalled then this argument isn’t relevant. Some might disagree on that. I point out that in absence of evidence of science stalling or not we can’t rely on current engineering output as a proxy. That’s all.