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> the science is already politicized Eh I don't agree with that at all. If I know upper management has some silly catch phrase about say "synergies" and I wr
by duxup 2y ago
> the science is already politicized
Eh I don't agree with that at all. If I know upper management has some silly catch phrase about say "synergies" and I write up an email advocating for allocating some resources for some RND and I mention synergies... that's all I'm doing, including something that's required. I don't care either way about "synergies", I care about the project.
I don't agree with requiring some things be included in a proposal, but everyone trying to persuade does it. That's not political, that's communication.
Also the whole "political" line is so empty these days. Because someone found a phrase via ctrl-f doesn't mean anything. "That's political" and such phrases are just empty ways to shout down something without having to give a reason.
- throwawaymaths 2y agook, so you prefer to select for scientists who don't mind playing games instead of focusing 100% of their mental capacity on delivering scientific outcomes.
- duxup 2y agoEveryone plays games, they fill out the grant proposal and forms as instructed and so on. We go to work and say good morning to our boss (I don't want to say good morning some days) and we roll on. I'm all for removing any actual requirement, beyond that I think folks are falling for a flimsy excuse made just to make cuts and keep folks terrified of a boogie man.
- throwawaymaths 2y agothe bogeyman is real. the quality of science is bad, we are having all sorts of crises in the sciences because in large part because the enterprise has selected for keeners who play games instead of honest people who do science. those honest scientists are quickly driven out and do other things with their lives.