Of course, every area has similar issues. The main unique problem with (contemporary) academia is the one I mentioned: > tech and industry, where producing jun

Of course, every area has similar issues. The main unique problem with (contemporary) academia is the one I mentioned: > tech and industry, where producing junk actually has real negative economic and personal consequences In academia, you can just endlessly produce low-quality garbage, and basically make a career out of this. In industry, things more often eventually at least have to work and survive contact with reality. Academia mostly lacks this basic check. The scientific method should be the north star, sure. Much of what is happening in academia is cargo-cult / degenerate / pathological science though.