RE: So you wanted to be a scientist? Let me tell you what's happening in academia today!

[the-traveller]

There was an excellent article by @kyriacos discussing the shenanigans going on in science today:
https://steemit.com/science/@kyriacos/science-under-attack

Comments

[pavezi]

Yes, this is incredible. The academia is so corrupt, it's unbelievable. Maybe the scientific human spirit can rise again in free association - free speech - and free networking platforms like steemit.

[the-traveller]

yes and no, I think very much like steemit, behaviour is a consequence of incentives. people observe what gets them ahead in life and try to do that to see if it works.
It is difficult to be an idealist if you don't have a job...
But on a macro scale I think that academia is making itself fast irrelevant, they are eroding their own basis for their respectability and in a few years we will hear laments "nobody respects science anymore". I wonder why...

[alexander.alexis]

But on a macro scale I think that academia is making itself fast irrelevant, they are eroding their own basis for their respectability and in a few years we will hear laments "nobody respects science anymore"

It's already becoming a reality! :

https://steemit.com/science/@rieki/is-science-just-another-religion-21st-century-dogma-faith-in-science-and-the-cult-of-objectivity-1498976562-7605853

[the-traveller]

O wow, epic post and your reply is equally epic. Will need a clearer head to give a sensible reply!

[alexander.alexis]

👍 :)