Hiring tens of thousands would be the best use of NSF’s budget.
Hiring even one would be a good start.
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science janitor to me means clearing out “results” that are worthless garbage rather than having everyone pretend they still count as science
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The solution to Quis custodiet ipsos custodes, but for scientists
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Like post-market surveillance, anyone can put out all sorts of claims out there, and you usually don't make a career out of debunking and replicating (No-ing), more like yes-and-ing other papers. I think there is not enough of the former, organized teams of cynics
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Makes me wonder about incentivizing Ostromian collectivist approaches vs dedicated monitors
Maybe this norm could be spread by changing the way tenure gets awarded, overweighting how much you have done to clean up the commons, in addition to build new things in them
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A relevant passage on Frank Oppenheimer from “Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens”
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In a world where a gig economy platform for bullshit checking science exists, how do you maintain quality and establish expertise at scale?
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