In relation to the suggestion that funding goes to good scientists instead of competitive grant rounds - some academics want to see this too https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000065&type=printable …
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Isn't the perception of magnitude of past discoveries by current scientists unavoidable given that earlier discoveries were necessarily made at lower more general layers of science (as you point out)?
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... and isn't it that effect the first-order term of the negative derivative of the metric you picked? This even apply to computer science that you set appart, any computer scientist today will rate Turing > Shanon.
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The key problem here is transmission fidelity. Tacit knowledge and inarticulate heuristics no longer pass from masters to apprentices. Mass-production education has fatally undermined traditional apprenticeship, with dire effects. http://bit.ly/1X1QmZy / http://bit.ly/2CcpYcN
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Scientific investigation is an art. Its state of health should be compared with that of other arts. Narrative fiction, (classical) musical performance, and drama all still produce acclaimed and successful masters. In these arts, the traditions of apprenticeship remain strong.
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What about: marginal scientist is lower quality, bringing down the average.
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Super excited to listen to the episode I’ve learned so much from the both of you over the years!
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Was a greet discussion. Thought Jim March's work on how learning from experience can stifle innovation complements the discussion quite wellhttp://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100866190 …
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Russ, I just listened to this podcast and I was surprised you didn’t ask
@patrickc about kicking out from his payments system people found guilty of wrong-think through some unspecified process, which seems to be a trend today in the payment industry that should worry most of us.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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