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And academia is failing too, I can’t remember what Nobel prize mentioned that he could not get one today as most researchers are stuck in having to produce pape
by peignoir 7y ago
And academia is failing too, I can’t remember what Nobel prize mentioned that he could not get one today as most researchers are stuck in having to produce papers for the sake of keeping their grants. What would be needed is a lot of free time and freedom to think ...
- peebz 7y agoIt was Peter Higgs who said that (https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/06/peter-higgs-boson-academic-system https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/06/peter-higgs-...).
- TheOtherHobbes 7y agoThis is a much bigger issue. Research has been distorted by irrelevant bureaucratic productivity metrics. So the illusion of regular activity is rewarded, while anyone who takes ten years to explore a truly original ground-breaking idea is punished and excluded.