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agreed. however, lowering barriers so more people can help also means potentially clearing the idea backlog faster. the startup analogy is right: sometimes a pr
by panabee 5y ago
agreed. however, lowering barriers so more people can help also means potentially clearing the idea backlog faster. the startup analogy is right: sometimes a promising idea requires another implementation (experiment in this case) for validation/invalidation. similar to ecDNAs, novobiocin, and other cases.
science funding is indeed broken.
only 7% of NIH grants go to researchers under 40.
tesla, apple, and many impactful companies were started by founders under 40. watson, crick, and currie were all under 40 when making seminal contributions to science. imagine how many breakthrough ideas are gated in science right now.
the NIH is amazing but not allowed to take risk: how can we fund more unestablished scientists?
- DrAwdeOccarim 5y agoindustry. i'll just say it plainly. that's where you can fund more unestablished scientists. the vc world, the smart ones, are now funding moonshot ideas from younger scientists in ways academic science funding methods will never match. if you're a young scientist with crazy ideas, try to hitch up with vc's that run an incubator. the first step, though, is to move to boston.