Reminder that academia is fake and gay
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I agree the problem is the process, but I do think peer review is the root of the issues. infinite public funding would be much less of a problem if reproducibility was the standard, because it's much harder to fake reproduction. reproducibility would create a much stronger foundation for evidence, which would bubble up no matter how the academic world is funded.
Reproducibility will never be the standard if there's no incentive to disprove the other people at the table.
Which there isn't if they don't have to fight for funding.
In general people are lazy. If they are allowed to stay comfortable they will stagnate. As much as liberals decry "work or die" it is a GOOD thing.