The conclusions are something that is well clear to anybody that is familiar with the environment of scientific research. The kind of metrics used to judge rese

The conclusions are something that is well clear to anybody that is familiar with the environment of scientific research. The kind of metrics used to judge research are greatly damaging. I mostly disagree with the distinction made between scientific research and research in the humanities - "Unlike scientists, humanities scholars generally need time, rather than large amounts of money, to do their work." - while some scientific projects also require expensive equipment, the problem of publication pressure and therefore lack of time to do proper work is identical in the sciences.