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> To be fair, no one in the us has a grant to replicate something that came out this week And yet researchers in other countries managed to find the money this
by _jal 3y ago
> To be fair, no one in the us has a grant to replicate something that came out this week
And yet researchers in other countries managed to find the money this week. That would seem to point to a real relative weakness that's worth thinking about.
Whether it is the result of gatekeeping, bureaucracy, academic squabbling, or something else, a cranky (and hilarious) Russian did better, faster work in her kitchen. Even putting aside professional scientific dysfunction, that seems to indicate a strategic cranky kitchen chemist gap.
- peteradio 3y agoSeems kind of stupid to do chemistry in your kitchen. What exactly is the rush here to come out with results right now?!
- _jal 3y ago> What exactly is the rush here to come out with results right now?! Well, the work is happening right now. You seem to want to make it sound like impatient kids being unreasonable or something, which is a ridiculous read. It is more a matter institutions becoming irrelevant because they literally can't keep up with their peers. Which brings me back to, > Seems kind of stupid to do chemistry in your kitchen. When the institutions in your country become incompetent, that's what you're left with.
- peteradio 3y agoHmm I'm not convinced that the establishment is sitting it out. Isn't it more likely that they are working the conservative process of registering experimental intent and planning only then to be followed by the experiment and only then to be followed by press release? If a bunch of amateurs can spook the old guys into violating well established procedure then id be pretty concerned about their competence.