Academia's mad cabal incentive structure can't collapse soon enough. A never-ending dog-and-pony parade while undergrads are fleeced, capped and kicked without a single notable competence after four years paying through the nosehttps://twitter.com/paulg/status/1101497087743660032 …
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I can articulate the value to society more generally, as well. Would you like to hear it?
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New technologies, cures for diseases, better policy, & understanding of the world in general come about through academic research. Academic research is facilitated by sharing of trustworthy, high signal to noise ratio knowledge among academics.
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I am not questioning the value of scientific research. I am questioning the value of a system that limits access to publicly-funded research to a tiny few, incentivizes positive results + overstated conclusions, & appears to be producing less notable work at an increasing cost
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