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← Academia has serious problems, but they are not as catastrophic as they look from outside it.

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Everything filed under peer review peer review Everything filed under physics physics Everything filed under Trauma Trauma Everything filed under taste taste Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Academia has serious problems, but they are not as catastrophic as they look from outside it. Academia has serious problems, but theyare not as catastrophic as they look fromoutside it. Last stated 7 years ago 15 Aug 2019 AG Alexey Guzey — holds since 2019-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Peer review is one of the things genuinely wrong with academia, not a safeguard that mostly works. — tap to centre the map on it Peer review is one of the thingsgenuinely wrong with academia, not asafeguard that mostly works. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Dec 2022 AG Alexey Guzey — holds since 2019-08-15 — tap for who they are AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2022-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Universities would be better run by business leaders than by academics the faculty approves of. — tap to centre the map on it Universities would be better run bybusiness leaders than by academicsthe faculty approves of. Last stated 3 years ago 20 Feb 2024 BA Bill Ackman — holds since 2024-02-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: Short-termism and a lack of funding for young scientists are smaller problems in academia than outsiders assume. — tap to centre the map on it Short-termism and a lack of fundingfor young scientists are smallerproblems in academia than outsidersassume. Last stated 7 years ago 15 Aug 2019 AG Alexey Guzey — holds since 2019-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: What limits science is how it is funded and organised, not how much money it gets. — tap to centre the map on it What limits science is how it isfunded and organised, not how muchmoney it gets. Last stated 7 years ago 23 Jun 2019 JR José Luis Ricón — holds since 2019-06-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Academic talent is normally distributed, so some students failing is inevitable rather than anybody's fault. — tap to centre the map on it Academic talent is normallydistributed, so some studentsfailing is inevitable rather thananybody's fault. Last stated 11 months ago 28 Sept 2025 FD Freddie deBoer — holds since 2025-09-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Science can identify problems but cannot by itself tell us what to do about them. — tap to centre the map on it Science can identify problems butcannot by itself tell us what to doabout them. Last stated 3 years ago 16 Aug 2023 JC Jason Crawford — holds since 2023-08-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Models have no research taste yet, which is why they complement researchers rather than replace them. — tap to centre the map on it Models have no research taste yet,which is why they complementresearchers rather than replacethem. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Jun 2026 NB Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: You cannot tell a failing institution from a healthy one by looking: the parts visible from outside are the parts that least reflect its actual health. — tap to centre the map on it You cannot tell a failinginstitution from a healthy one bylooking: the parts visible fromoutside are the parts that leastreflect its actual health. Last stated 8 years ago 24 Apr 2018 SB Samo Burja — holds since 2018-04-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Fraudulent papers pass peer review routinely, which is direct evidence that peer review does not do the job it is supposed to do. — tap to centre the map on it Fraudulent papers pass peer reviewroutinely, which is direct evidencethat peer review does not do the jobit is supposed to do. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Dec 2022 AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2022-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: History has a reproducibility problem worse than science’s replication crisis, because hardly anyone ever goes back to the sources to check what a historian claimed they say. — tap to centre the map on it History has a reproducibilityproblem worse than science’sreplication crisis, because hardlyanyone ever goes back to the sourcesto check what a historian claimedthey say. Last stated 3 years ago 29 Aug 2023 AH Anton Howes — holds since 2023-08-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: Needing a reviewer's approval before an idea counts for anything makes scientists worse at thinking, and costs the field its most unusual ideas. — tap to centre the map on it Needing a reviewer's approval beforean idea counts for anything makesscientists worse at thinking, andcosts the field its most unusualideas. Last stated 4 years ago 13 Dec 2022 AM Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2022-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A far-fetched idea earns its place in physics only when you can go out and look for its observational consequences. — tap to centre the map on it A far-fetched idea earns its placein physics only when you can go outand look for its observationalconsequences. Last stated 3 years ago 3 Dec 2023 LR Lisa Randall — holds since 2023-12-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A frontier lab should not spend its researchers harvesting results out of today's models; the payoff is in building the next one. — tap to centre the map on it A frontier lab should not spend itsresearchers harvesting results outof today's models; the payoff is inbuilding the next one. Last stated 2 months ago 26 Jun 2026 NB Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A theory of everything would not finish physics: Turing and Church laid down computation's theory of everything in the 1930s and we have spent ninety years exploring the consequences. — tap to centre the map on it A theory of everything would notfinish physics: Turing and Churchlaid down computation's theory ofeverything in the 1930s and we havespent ninety years exploring theconsequences. Last stated 5 months ago 7 Apr 2026 MN Michael Nielsen — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: "The body keeps the score" is only half the story, and the missing half matters: a body described only as a harbinger of the past is a body people learn to avoid. — tap to centre the map on it "The body keeps the score" is onlyhalf the story, and the missing halfmatters: a body described only as aharbinger of the past is a bodypeople learn to avoid. Last stated 2 weeks ago 25 Aug 2026 AS Arielle Schwartz — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: Childhood trauma is the template for every addiction, including the socially rewarded ones. — tap to centre the map on it Childhood trauma is the template forevery addiction, including thesocially rewarded ones. Last stated 9 years ago 5 Apr 2017 GM Gabor Mate — holds since 2017-04-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: Coming into a project with a guess about what the data will show has, again and again, turned out to be wrong. — tap to centre the map on it Coming into a project with a guessabout what the data will show has,again and again, turned out to bewrong. Last stated 4 months ago 8 May 2026 DR David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Academia has serious problems, but they are not as catastrophic as they look from outside it. Last stated 15 Aug 2019 · 7 years ago Holds Alexey Guzey Read this korrent →