http://theweek.com/articles/618141/big-science-broken
Great article. Big Academia has been a giant money vacuum for decades now with very little to show for it, likely stifling true science. I especially think the following are poignant:
Government funding bodies and peer review bodies are inevitably staffed by the most hallowed (read: out of touch) practitioners in the field.
The tenure process ensures that in order to further their careers, the youngest scientists in a given department must kowtow to their elders' theories or run a significant professional risk.
Peer review isn't any good at keeping flawed studies out of major papers, but it can be deadly efficient at silencing heretical views
Great article. Big Academia has been a giant money vacuum for decades now with very little to show for it, likely stifling true science. I especially think the following are poignant:
Government funding bodies and peer review bodies are inevitably staffed by the most hallowed (read: out of touch) practitioners in the field.
The tenure process ensures that in order to further their careers, the youngest scientists in a given department must kowtow to their elders' theories or run a significant professional risk.
Peer review isn't any good at keeping flawed studies out of major papers, but it can be deadly efficient at silencing heretical views