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Re: Broken Science- a lot of published research is false.

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James McGinn wrote:
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> On Monday, April 18, 2016 at 11:05:25 AM UTC-7, The Starmaker wrote:
> > http://theweek.com/articles/618141/big-science-broken
> 
> Quote:
> "Science, at heart an enterprise for mavericks, has become an enterprise for careerists. It's time to flip the career track for science on its head. Instead of waiting until someone's best years are behind her to award her academic freedom and prestige, abolish the PhD and grant fellowships to the best 22-year-olds, giving them the biggest budgets and the most freedoms for the first five or 10 years of their careers. Then, with only few exceptions, shift them away from research to teaching or so
> 
> This is very true.  Many of the Phd candidates I've encountered in water science, for example, barely understand the science.  They know their models.  But they don't know the science.  And they are obsesses with getting published to the point of completely ignoring the fact that much of their science doesn't quite add up.

it doesn't add up because it doesn't fit, and if it don't fit..you got
to aquit.

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Broken Science- a lot of published research is false. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-04-18 11:05 -0700
  Re: Broken Science- a lot of published research is false. James McGinn <jimmcginn9@gmail.com> - 2016-04-18 11:16 -0700
    Re: Broken Science- a lot of published research is false. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-04-18 14:14 -0700
  Re: Broken Science- a lot of published research is false. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-04-18 12:48 -0700
    Re: Broken Science- a lot of published research is false. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-04-18 12:56 -0700
      Re: Broken Science- a lot of published research is false. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-04-18 18:06 -0700
        Re: Broken Science- a lot of published research is false. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-04-18 22:06 -0700
          Re: Broken Science- a lot of published research is false. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-04-18 22:14 -0700
            Re: Broken Science- a lot of published research is false. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-04-18 22:36 -0700
              Re: Broken Science- a lot of published research is false. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-04-18 22:40 -0700
                Re: Broken Science- a lot of published research is false. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-04-18 22:41 -0700
                Re: Broken Science- a lot of published research is false. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-04-18 22:47 -0700

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