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There's no private industry competition in academia, which allows those old scientists to become old slow codgers. Most scientific breakthroughs through out hi
by edmcnulty101 4y ago
There's no private industry competition in academia, which allows those old scientists to become old slow codgers.
Most scientific breakthroughs through out history were just private citizens outside of the conventional academic establishment.
We need to put an end to these government restrictions on buying supplies and equipment which keeps the research down to just a tiny fraction of the population.
Allowing private citizens to do research would put a fire under those old codgers asses.
- creato 4y agoMoney seems like a far more significant restriction than regulation, which will only affect a small subset of possible experiments one could do.
- icelancer 4y ago>> Allowing private citizens to do research would put a fire under those old codgers asses. I have a few published papers in peer-reviewed journals with 30+ citations and I'm a college dropout, but I run a company that can fund/produce this kind of research as part of our mission statement. It's not really restrictions, but rather money/funding, and willingness of private companies to publish publicly (which is a big blocker for most).
- honkler 4y agoit's not the government restriction, but wage slaving that keeps private individuals from making scientific breakthroughs. Perhaps UBI could be the answer.
- Fomite 4y agoI'm in a field that requires no more advanced equipment than a decent laptop, and there's not a vast array of private citizens "putting a fire" under anyone.