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by katelynsills 3948 days ago
"I really don’t like criticising colleagues, a tendency I’m guessing we all share in science."

This. This is everything that's wrong about modern science.

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I think there is plenty else that is wrong. For example:

* Corporate influence via funding studies (and not publishing the failures), as well as hiring away top researchers (e.g. Hinton by Google)

* The tenure system is vanishing, with more and more staff turning into non-tenured "associates", and fewer and fewer young hopefuls finding a successful career in science.

* Promotions are based on dubious publication metrics.