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Nobody cares. State pays the salaries, BS conferences, BS journals, BS patents. Everybody is happy, no one can be fired. As long as stats look good (R&D per cap
by aaa_aaa 1y ago
Nobody cares. State pays the salaries, BS conferences, BS journals, BS patents. Everybody is happy, no one can be fired. As long as stats look good (R&D per capita, publication, science indexes etc. ) gravy train will move on.
- avoutos 1y agoAnd even minus the BS, researchers seem more comfortable with making minor incremental improvements in established science rather than taking risks.
- intended 1y agoPeople care. The state isn’t the only source of funds, and researchers are in it to do research. PHDs make little money, and getting into academia is not generally considered a good career path. The only people who can’t get fired are the few people with tenure. Most people struggle to get that. Perhaps we just need institutions set up to do replication of papers?