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China to lead world scientific research by 2020
- hga 17y agoSlashdot discussion http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/01/26/0231205/China-Will-Lead-World-Scientific-Research-By-2020 http://news.slashdot.org/story/10/01/26/0231205/China-Will-L... where at least early on many were pointing out quantity vs. quality problems, some which go very deep (e.g. plagiarism). When I checked, no one was claiming China's impact (something that has long been measured by citations) is significant. ADDED: if you don't know what Cargo Cult Science is, check out e.g.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_science http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_science Just because you call it science and appear to be doing things scientists do doesn't mean you're doing real science.