The problem with this is that a sexy splashy finding gets a completely unwarranted level of attention. A study with 21 patients should never be published in th

The problem with this is that a sexy splashy finding gets a completely unwarranted level of attention. A study with 21 patients should never be published in the first place (unless it's something like a medical case study - that's different). Peter Thiel quipped that "The eccentric university professor is going extinct fast". He is completely right - and what's replacing them are incredibly media savy extroverts that are incredibly apt at marketing their own studies.