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Why do scientists feel the need for clickbait? It has nothing to do with Pompeii, yet they named it Britain's 'Pompeii' for PR reasons. There was no Volcano, th
by KingOfCoders 2y ago
Why do scientists feel the need for clickbait? It has nothing to do with Pompeii, yet they named it Britain's 'Pompeii' for PR reasons. There was no Volcano, there are no corpses, there was no catastrophe.
If we call this 'Pompeii' because a settlement burnt down, then there are many Pompeii,
"In the archaeology of Neolithic Europe, the burned house horizon is the geographical extent of the phenomenon of presumably intentionally burned settlements. "
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burned_house_horizon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burned_house_horizon
Overall this reduces trust in science further.
- flir 2y agoIt's because of the preservation of a moment in time, not the fire. Everybody chases funding. Such is life.
- KingOfCoders 2y agoAs a researcher who wasted some years, the chasing of funding has fuelled the downfall of science.
- stvltvs 2y agoWhat's a viable alternative to distribute research funding? I don't think we should return to the day of gentleman scientists who fund their own research during their leisure time.
- KingOfCoders 2y agoWe should give funding by scientific merit, not for PR stunts and fashion hypes like String theory. Most of the funding is a scam. Governments announce funding, people relabel their work to fit the funding requirements to get money. Next wave of funding is announced, researches relabel the same work to get into the new funding.
- hnfong 2y agoLooks like the issue is that Goodhart's Law is at play here, and there's no infallible algorithm for determining scientific merit.
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