>> The social sciences have gained an incredible amount of control over academia. Why would they allow the current system, which works very well for them, to be

>> The social sciences have gained an incredible amount of control over academia. Why would they allow the current system, which works very well for them, to be "fixed"? > Hmmm I do not know about that, the test real, meaningful control would be who gets the funding, no? It may be that social science can exert control, but can't use that control to enrich itself. In that case, scientists who don't conform to the proper norms will suffer from a lack of funding, but the social sciences may not get increased funding. Sadly, this is a much more difficult case to measure.