Jed I think this is true and that is good. The problem is all those analysis about why it went wrong and that big money was misused. The government is providing grants as they see fit. The government means a bunch of bureaucrats. They cannot spell risk. Therefore we will end up with more rules and restrictions and rules, which are supposed to sort out what is good research and what is bad ditto. Then we can be very sure we will see no giant steps forward. Progress will be reduced to evolution. In itself evolution is good but now and then one need to embrace the unknown. I think I have said it before; that requires small independent organizations given maximum freedom to act, It is a mystery to me that it is not obvious, that with the fantastic ability to organize and access data we have in the western world we should utilize that strengths. Instead we are sending all resources to large organizations with no accountability.
Best Regards , Lennart Thornros www.StrategicLeadershipSac.com lenn...@thornros.com +1 916 436 1899 202 Granite Park Court, Lincoln CA 95648 “Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.” PJM On Fri, Jun 19, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here are some papers about mistakes in medical research: > > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1182327/ > > http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1196486/ > > This may make you feel better about all the mistakes in cold fusion, and > all the crummy papers. Mistakes are endemic in science. They always have > been. It is nature of groundbreaking research. No one knows how to do it, > because it has never been done before. > > A large fraction of commercial R&D also goes nowhere and has to be > abandoned. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. > > - Jed > >
