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Interesting title. You indict the entire community of scientific researchers based on a single decision made by a single journal. Is your decision making proc
by brent 19y ago
Interesting title. You indict the entire community of scientific researchers based on a single decision made by a single journal. Is your decision making process any better than theirs?
- andreyf 19y agoTouché, I'm sure there are many researchers who work hard and mean well. But this isn't to say that the system of publication is perfect. Why don't we innovate more in how we organize research on a macro level?
- ced 19y agoThat's not what he said. There's a world from "the publication system could be improved" to suggesting that academia is corrupt.
- brent 19y agoFirst, I'm sure most researchers "work hard and mean well". If not, they'd be much better rewarded in almost any other line of work. I agree that the system is not perfect. However, I would also have a hard time saying that double blind is the perfect system (or even necessarily better). There are many reasons why it would be worse than the current system.
- vixen99 19y agoAsking a question is an indictment? Is your comment considered and sensible?
- brent 19y agoThe purpose of the question was clearly rhetorical. He was using the Nature story to imply that academia is corrupt. He wasn't curious of our impressions on the corruptness of academia. Therefore my comment is sensible.