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Re:Why Most Published Research Findings Are False (2005) by afpx on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @05:41PM (#33268244)
“Science” currently incentivizes the wrong things. How do you change the incentives (back)?
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Re:Why Most Published Research Findings Are False (2005) by chithanh on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @06:21PM (#33268593)
I think it is a misconception that switching to the "right" incentives will solve problems. The very existence of incentives is not conducive for knowledge-based work.

https://hbr.org/1993/09/why-incentive-plans-cannot-work

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