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There's 2 problems mixed in here: 1) Quantitative metric evaluation in academia which became defacto in the 90's resulted in the 'publish or perish' hellscape
by PeterStuer 3y ago
There's 2 problems mixed in here:
1) Quantitative metric evaluation in academia which became defacto in the 90's resulted in the 'publish or perish' hellscape of modern university "research".
2) traditional peer review just does not work good enough as a trusted gatekeeper/curator, and has been compromised in many ways.
- foldr 3y agoPeer review is often touted as a highly rigorous process, but it's always been an honor system that relies on most of its participants being basically honest and well-intentioned. Once the element of cutthroat competition is introduced, those assumptions become far less safe.