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> how do you have any objectivity in allocation of funds etc. without some metric? Our need for "objectivity" here is to a large extent driven by the centraliz
by bzbarsky 10y ago
> how do you have any objectivity in allocation of funds etc. without some metric?
Our need for "objectivity" here is to a large extent driven by the centralization of the funding allocation that http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/ike.htm http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/ike.htm warned about and has since come to pass. If funding were more decentralized, lack of objectivity in any particular funding source would be _much_ less of a problem.
- tdaltonc 10y agoSpecifically: The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present – and is gravely to be regarded.
- bzbarsky 10y agoIndeed. Since then it has gone from "prospect" to "it's been this way for decades"... There's lots more in there that usually doesn't get quoted (unlike the bit about the military-industrial complex) and is spot-on prescient.