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Why blow it up? Just create something that parallels it, and organize it in a way you think will work better. Then we can decide which one to blow up once we se
by kspacewalk2 5y ago
Why blow it up? Just create something that parallels it, and organize it in a way you think will work better. Then we can decide which one to blow up once we see how it measures up.
Some examples of where this is being done: open-access journals, study pre-registration, requirement to publish source code. No one's saying the old way is banned now, it exists in parallel with all those innovations. Some will stick, others will fizzle out.
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago> Just create something that parallels it ... then see your new system get attacked from all angles by the existing establishment. Smears on TV, 'fact-checkers' in social networks, bans and cancellations, etc. The stakeholders of the existing system you are trying to replace won't go quietly into the night.
- Fomite 5y agoThey're not exactly going to go quietly into the night with an attempt to "blow it up" either.