"I really don’t like criticising colleagues, a tendency I’m guessing we all share in science."
This. This is everything that's wrong about modern science.
This. This is everything that's wrong about modern science.
* Corporate influence via funding studies (and not publishing the failures), as well as hiring away top researchers (e.g. Hinton by Google)
* The tenure system is vanishing, with more and more staff turning into non-tenured "associates", and fewer and fewer young hopefuls finding a successful career in science.
* Promotions are based on dubious publication metrics.