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MarkusQ • yesterday at 7:29 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

"strong incentives to focus on moving the state of the art forward without expending energy on improving the field as a whole"

That sort of Orwellian doublethink is exactly the problem. They need to move it forward without improving it, contribute without adding anything, challenge accepted dogma without rocking the boat, and...blech!

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godelski • yesterday at 8:10 PM

  > challenge accepted dogma without rocking the boat
I think the funniest part is how we have all these heroes of science who faced scrutiny by their peers, but triumphed in the end. They struggled because they challenged the status quo. We celebrate their anti authoritative nature. We congratulate them for their pursuit of truth! And then get mad when it happens. We pretend this is a thing of the past, but it's as common as ever[0,1].

You must create paradigm shifts without challenging the current paradigm!

[0] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/katalin-karikos-n...

[1] https://www.globalperformanceinsights.com/post/how-a-rejecte...

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