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

17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 9 Apr 2019 to 20 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under metascience metascience Everything filed under peer review peer review Everything filed under ideas vs execution ideas vs execution Everything filed under TypeScript TypeScript Everything filed under management management Everything filed under education education Everything filed under physics physics 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: Liberals' avoidance of conflict within academia for the sake of academic comity has been a mistake. — tap to centre the map on it Liberals' avoidance of conflictwithin academia for the sake ofacademic comity has been a mistake. Last stated 3 days ago 20 Oct 2026 BD Brad DeLong — holds since 2026-10-20 — 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 a year 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 4 months ago 26 Jun 2026 NB Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Automatic filters cannot replace community acceptance, and human referees cannot be removed from mathematical publication. — tap to centre the map on it Automatic filters cannot replacecommunity acceptance, and humanreferees cannot be removed frommathematical publication. Last stated 2 months ago 17 Aug 2026 TT Terence Tao — holds since 2026-08-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Combining multiple AI models' outputs into one final answer tends to discard most of the good ideas that only one model produced. — tap to centre the map on it Combining multiple AI models'outputs into one final answer tendsto discard most of the good ideasthat only one model produced. Last stated 4 months ago 15 Jun 2026 RK Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-06-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Fear of strong AI models killing everyone was not based on peer-reviewed research showing high doom odds, nor indicated by market prices. — tap to centre the map on it Fear of strong AI models killingeveryone was not based onpeer-reviewed research showing highdoom odds, nor indicated by marketprices. Last stated 4 weeks ago 26 Sept 2026 TC Tyler Cowen — holds since 2026-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A programming language functions as a lens that shapes how a problem is perceived when solving it. — tap to centre the map on it A programming language functions asa lens that shapes how a problem isperceived when solving it. Last stated 8 years ago 9 Apr 2019 TB Thorsten Ball — holds since 2019-04-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A programming language is a ten-year play: version one has issues, version two fixes them, version three is finally good — and only then does adoption start. — tap to centre the map on it A programming language is a ten-yearplay: version one has issues,version two fixes them, versionthree is finally good — and onlythen does adoption start. Last stated 5 months ago 13 May 2026 AH Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A proprietary language licensed from Microsoft had zero chance in the JavaScript ecosystem: TypeScript had to be open source or nobody would come. — tap to centre the map on it A proprietary language licensed fromMicrosoft had zero chance in theJavaScript ecosystem: TypeScript hadto be open source or nobody wouldcome. Last stated 5 months ago 13 May 2026 AH Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A computational discovery platform does not make a biotech fast, because the thousand other steps of drug development are still the bottleneck. — tap to centre the map on it A computational discovery platformdoes not make a biotech fast,because the thousand other steps ofdrug development are still thebottleneck. Last stated 2 years ago 17 Sept 2024 AT Alex Telford — holds since 2024-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's edge now is pullingthings back, making them simpler andmore understandable, becauseeveryone can kind of execute rightnow. Last stated 3 months ago 29 Jul 2026 CD Charlie Deets — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good idea often fails to spread not for lack of merit but because no convenient way exists to implement it. — tap to centre the map on it A good idea often fails to spreadnot for lack of merit but because noconvenient way exists to implementit. Last stated 5 months ago 7 Jun 2026 SR Scott Rao — holds since 2026-06-07 — 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 →