The Gutting of America's Medical Research

Re:The Gutting of America's Medical Research by throwawaymaths on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @12:28PM (#44182490)

have you actually done work in science? 8/10 actively working scientists will disagree that the system works in the idealized way that you imagine and the 2/10 that don't disagree are the ones who have made it.

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Re:The Gutting of America's Medical Research by biophysboy on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @12:41PM (#44182645)

I've worked and still work in science, and his description of grant proposals and research focus is correct.

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Re:The Gutting of America's Medical Research by throwawaymaths on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @12:59PM (#44182865)

youre in the 2/10, or aspiring to be in it, "temporarily embarassed PI". be more cynical. a bit of professional advice, if you're still at the postdoc level. don't do what i did, which was to do good science. the best way to get a facilty position is to have a PI boss that will play politics for you.

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Re:The Gutting of America's Medical Research by biophysboy on Wednesday June 04, 2025 @01:52PM (#44183540)

Why would I take professional advice from an anonymous HN poster? I don't work in academia.

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