Most people don't 'choose' anything. They take what is given to them or the easiest option. Netscape found that out the hard way when microsoft leverage their OS to push IE on everyone.
People can 'google' on bing, ddg, etc. They don't care whether they are actually 'googling' on google.
Maybe. But if irrational people at big companies are just throwing $21 billion away, the shareholders will hold them responsible. Especially the major shareholders.
> Math and logic are as much subjected to falsification as physics or biology.
No they are not.
> Mathematicians write proofs, and their peers try to find flaws in them.
There is a difference between checking whether a proof has flaws and running experiment to falsify a theory. In other words, when a proof has no flaws ( aka has been proven ), it's proven forever. Once euclid proved that there are an infinite amount of prime numbers, that's it. Nobody tries to falsify his claim because it's already been proven. Also, mathematicians checking for flaws in proofs is not empiricism. Go learn what empiricism means first before making absurd assertions.
Not only do you not know what science is, you don't even know what math is, you don't know what empiricism is.
> I am obviously talking about scientific knowledge
Then what's your nonsense about 'Math and logic are as much subjected to falsification as physics or biology.' Do you know what a syllogism is? How about modus ponens? Implication?
> If humanity forgot all the works of Mozart and Schubert, it would be a very sad day, but society would still function. If humanity forgot how to make steel, or had to rediscover the fourier transformation, we would have a problem.
If humanity forgot language, laws, government, etc, society would crumble as well.
Or are you going to pretend that language, laws, government, history, etc are now part of science.
> It feels like this takes a very narrow definition of greatness which is more aligned to innovation and "What will make you famous" or "What will be commercially successful".
The guy invests money in and profits from other people doing "great work". So it shouldn't be too shocking his primary focus is on the commercial or the innovative.
People can 'google' on bing, ddg, etc. They don't care whether they are actually 'googling' on google.