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I did a PhD and keep saying this: the system is completely broken because the incentives are completely broken. Researchers have many things to keep in mind for

I did a PhD and keep saying this: the system is completely broken because the incentives are completely broken. Researchers have many things to keep in mind for their career, but truth isn’t really one of them. Citations are more important for career than truth and even false papers can get many citations.

tombert 1y ago
I didn't finish my PhD, but when I was doing it, it was upsetting how easy it was to come up with a conclusion first, and then find a paper to support it. It was like finding out Santa Claus wasn't real to me.
112233 1y ago
This is sad for people that are not related to science. Since platonic ideal science is axiomatically infallible, by agreed definition (as is platonic free market and other similar models), it is assumed that anyone from outside the academia who is questioning whatever currently published results are is a quack, a luddite and has a psychosis. It does not matter how sus the process leading to those results is, only scientists are allowed to call out scientists