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A big problem we have in a lot of fields is that no researcher is incentivized to even try to reproduce work. No credit is given by tenure boards or grant agenc
by physPop 3y ago
A big problem we have in a lot of fields is that no researcher is incentivized to even try to reproduce work. No credit is given by tenure boards or grant agencies.
- PeterisP 3y agoWe can't really decide what grant agencies should want, especially since their goals are often national or even more decentralized, and thus 'siloed' - it seems quite plausible that a grant agency (or tenure board) really has no good reason to value replicating the inventions of others but wants to put their funding solely towards "their own" new results. Tragedy of the commons is a predictable outcome no matter how smart the agents are, because they're each acting in their own best interests.