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by chestervonwinch 2988 days ago
OTOH, academia is supposed to be this type of meritocratic, results-driven ideal, and look where we are there. I suppose this a consequence of the measure that we use to "judge results". Do we start assigning healthcare R&D companies an "impact factor"? I know the journal impact factor is a bad example since it is criticized for being gameable, but I'm just using it to convey what I mean.