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taste Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Same subject Read this korrent: Fixing science's incentives means changing what journals, departments and funders are rewarded for, not only what scientists are. Fixing science's incentives means changing what journals, departments and funders are rewarded for, not only what scientists are. Last stated 7 years ago
23 Feb 2020
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Jason Crawford — holds since 2020-02-23 — 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 is funded and organised, not how much money it gets. Last stated 7 years ago
23 Jun 2019
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José Luis Ricón — holds since 2019-06-23 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Work that runs against companies' commercial incentives will only get done by people whose income does not depend on those incentives. — tap to centre the map on it Work that runs against companies' commercial incentives will only get done by people whose income does not depend on those incentives. Last stated 6 months ago
22 Apr 2026
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Martin Kleppmann — holds since 2026-04-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The demands of peer reviewers push scientists into producing bad research. — tap to centre the map on it The demands of peer reviewers push scientists into producing bad research. Last stated 4 years ago
13 Dec 2022
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Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2022-12-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Scientists should give all the information others need to judge their work, not just what points one way — tap to centre the map on it Scientists should give all the information others need to judge their work, not just what points one way
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Richard Feynman — holds since c. 1974 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The principal-agent problem, an incentives problem, drives a great deal of what happens in the world. — tap to centre the map on it The principal-agent problem, an incentives problem, drives a great deal of what happens in the world. Last stated 7 years ago
28 Dec 2019
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Naval Ravikant — holds since 2019-12-28 — tap for who they are
Same subject: When a system's incentives produce bad behaviour, the blame belongs entirely to whoever created the incentives. — tap to centre the map on it When a system's incentives produce bad behaviour, the blame belongs entirely to whoever created the incentives. Last stated 5 years ago
25 Jan 2022
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Marc Andreessen — holds since 2022-01-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A politician's plan to fund a program by taking some people's money is driven by an incentive to buy votes rather than make things better. — tap to centre the map on it A politician's plan to fund a program by taking some people's money is driven by an incentive to buy votes rather than make things better. Last stated 4 weeks ago
27 Sept 2026
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Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-27 — 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 complement researchers rather than replace them. Last stated 4 months ago
26 Jun 2026
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Noam Brown — holds since 2026-06-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: “Trust science” is a confused instruction: what deserves trust is the process, not any particular thing it has concluded so far. — tap to centre the map on it “Trust science” is a confused instruction: what deserves trust is the process, not any particular thing it has concluded so far. Last stated 3 years ago
16 Aug 2023
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Jason Crawford — holds since 2023-08-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A hotter field with more teams racing on the same question produces less reliable findings, not more. — tap to centre the map on it A hotter field with more teams racing on the same question produces less reliable findings, not more. Last stated 21 years ago
30 Aug 2005
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John Ioannidis — holds since 2005-08-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A hyped effect shrinking to a small but real one as the studies improve is a sign that a field is working, not failing. — tap to centre the map on it A hyped effect shrinking to a small but real one as the studies improve is a sign that a field is working, not failing. Last stated 4 years ago
11 Oct 2022
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Stuart Ritchie — holds since 2022-10-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Economics journals have made large datasets and heavy statistics the price of making any causal claim at all, which has squeezed qualitative economic history out of the field. — tap to centre the map on it Economics journals have made large datasets and heavy statistics the price of making any causal claim at all, which has squeezed qualitative economic history out of the field. Last stated a year ago
13 Oct 2025
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Anton Howes — holds since 2025-10-13 — 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 review routinely, which is direct evidence that peer review does not do the job it is supposed to do. Last stated 4 years ago
13 Dec 2022
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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 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. Last stated 3 years ago
29 Aug 2023
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Anton Howes — holds since 2023-08-29 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The most-cited study showing that language design affects software quality rests on misclassified repositories. — tap to centre the map on it The most-cited study showing that language design affects software quality rests on misclassified repositories. Last stated 12 years ago
7 Nov 2014
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Dan Luu — holds since 2014-11-07 — 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 as a lens that shapes how a problem is perceived when solving it. Last stated 8 years ago
9 Apr 2019
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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-year play: version one has issues, version two fixes them, version three is finally good — and only then does adoption start. Last stated 5 months ago
13 May 2026
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Anders Hejlsberg — holds since 2026-05-13 — tap for who they are
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Fixing science's incentives means changing what journals, departments and funders are rewarded for, not only what scientists are.
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What limits science is how it is funded and organised, not how much money it gets.
Holds
Work that runs against companies' commercial incentives will only get done by people whose income does not depend on those incentives.
Holds
The demands of peer reviewers push scientists into producing bad research.
Holds
Scientists should give all the information others need to judge their work, not just what points one way
Last stated c. 1974
Holds
The principal-agent problem, an incentives problem, drives a great deal of what happens in the world.
Holds
When a system's incentives produce bad behaviour, the blame belongs entirely to whoever created the incentives.
Holds
A politician's plan to fund a program by taking some people's money is driven by an incentive to buy votes rather than make things better.
Holds
Models have no research taste yet, which is why they complement researchers rather than replace them.
Holds
“Trust science” is a confused instruction: what deserves trust is the process, not any particular thing it has concluded so far.
Holds
A hotter field with more teams racing on the same question produces less reliable findings, not more.
Holds
A hyped effect shrinking to a small but real one as the studies improve is a sign that a field is working, not failing.
Holds
Economics journals have made large datasets and heavy statistics the price of making any causal claim at all, which has squeezed qualitative economic history out of the field.
Holds
Fraudulent papers pass peer review routinely, which is direct evidence that peer review does not do the job it is supposed to do.
Holds
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.
Holds
The most-cited study showing that language design affects software quality rests on misclassified repositories.
Holds
A programming language functions as a lens that shapes how a problem is perceived when solving it.
Holds
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.
Holds