_The_ problem is capitalism. But ignoring this fundamental 'problem,' the 'problems' the article focuses on would be substantially reduced by replacing "tenure" and "merit" with instant job security for faculty. No one would be fired under any conditions, and promotions etc would be strictly by seniority. Then colleagues would constantly attack each other for sloppy work without endangering anyone's pay & working conditions.
This would create awful problems, but it would resolve far more problems than it would create. And of course it is not going to be established. Though mass civil disobedience by large numbers of university employees (faculty & non-faculty) might achieve a rough approximation of it. Carrol -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck Grimes Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 12:47 PM To: Progressive Economics Subject: Re: [Pen-l] Junk science Problems with scientific research How science goes wrong Scientific research has changed the world. Now it needs to change itself The Economist Oct 19th 2013 ...But success can breed complacency. Modern scientists are doing too much trusting and not enough verifying-to the detriment of the whole of science, and of humanity. Too many of the findings that fill the academic ether are the result of shoddy experiments or poor analysis (see article). ------------- Fascinating that this critique was published in The Economist and directed at other fields and not once mention Economics as a field of questionable wisdom. Cura te ispsum. It sounds better in Latin---not that I know Latin. The real culprit in biotech is the business mentality that intersects with the labs doing independent research. And the government funding guidelines are not entirely neutral either. There is nearly an automatic channeling of research toward `applications' which means `products', which means some economic benefit. CG _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
