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Another view, is that applied science that impacts policy making, has become utterly corrupt, and largely unreliable. The transformation happened in the last 30
by 75dvtwin 6y ago
Another view, is that applied science that impacts policy making, has become utterly corrupt, and largely unreliable.
The transformation happened in the last 30 years or so.
Deeply flawed academia reward system [1], combined with accountability-free bribe dispersing machines (eg book/documentary deals, speech fees, gifted real-estate, insider trading tips), have made this type of science very similar to 'Instagram likes' or 'Amazon reviews' in its reliability.
On top of that, given that elected officials, at least in US, delegate law writing to K-Street [2], who, then, works through lobbyists to entice politicians to buy-into those laws -- we have really, no checks and balances.
With the above point of view, 'Draining the swamp', makes sense for science as well, maybe ?
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24680154 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24680154
[2] https://politicaldictionary.com/words/k-street/ https://politicaldictionary.com/words/k-street/
- diabeticApe 6y agoWell put. I would say that one possible remedy to this issue is transparency but seeing as the specific details of how transparency is implemented would be determined by the same corrupt officials that rely on financing by "k-street" as you've put it, it will likely mean total transparency for the average citizen but special edge cases and exceptions a-la "Citizens United" or Too Big to Fail Banks for our elite rulers and thier scientists. I would argue that science would be a good welcome addition if it can be decoupled from this "k-street" dilemna. Otherwise its likely to make matters worse because political interests and agendas can be more easily legitimized as absolute and unquestionable truth. Couple that with a tight grip on information flow and weve got a serious problem on our hands.