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Do you think it's reasonable to make a distinction between centralized and decentralized science?

• __MatrixMan__ 5y ago
  I've never heard those terms before, so I'd have to be talked into it. What about science is centralized? It seems like "centralized science" might have something to do with authority, which not an idea that I think gets along with science very well. I'm more into Feyerabend than Popper in that way.
  • HKH2 5y ago
    If getting into a major journal is a priority, then do you not become journal-centric (and subject to the whim of publishers)?
    • __MatrixMan__ 5y ago
      Ah, I see. Some degree of gatekeeping is probably good. What we're doing now is probably not. Striking the right balance seems important, but I don't know if drawing a firm line between the two is a good idea, I think you'd end up with otherwise rational people arguing themselves into more and more extreme positions if you managed to frame it as an us-vs-them thing (which is what drawing that line would do).