I mean this seriously: what problem does one think they're solving, here?https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1088113678640009216 …
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FWIW, I think the world would benefit from substantially more non-commercial basic research; I do not think that rewarding yet more paper-pushers with tenured positions is the same thing. We need a dramatically diversified funding ecosystem for new ideas & projects
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But the diversified funding ecosystem is a main cause of paper-pushing. Both in the sense of additional bureaucracy and the need to publish as many papers as possible. Applying for funding (and making yourself fundable) takes time and effort away from research and new ideas.
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We... are probably not talking about the same thing
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Also lolwut "if we just doubled". (Heuristic: any intervention on any scale with the word "just" in it is naïve.) Who is this we? Where would the salaries come from, not to mention the offices? Where would all of the new professors come from?
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To be clear, when I say "on any scale" I'm including right down to the very tiny personal stuff. "Yeah, I really need to do my homework. I should just stop procrastinating." (That "just" omits the most important piece: the reason you were "procrastinating" in the first place!)
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Absolutely. More crowd funding would be ideal. More entrepreneurs and philanthropy. More of all of us having control over our resources to direct where we think is best. Way, way less coercion everywhere - including funding research.
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