They went mask off so fast that I’m surprised we didn’t hear a sonic boom.
They went mask off so fast that I’m surprised we didn’t hear a sonic boom.
Tl;dr: imagine the success and continuity of not only your career but the careers of your employees had a significant element of random chance involved. Welcome to research.
Now former scientist here. I see the typical “people would do this anyways” comments but I’d wager they don’t understand what it’s like to work in science and academia. It’s publish or perish. In the United States, it’s an absolute capitalist meat grinder and it can be brutal.
As a lead researcher, you are dependent on securing grant money not only to keep your job, but to keep the jobs of your co-workers and the very lab itself afloat.
How do you secure grants? By showing you have the experience and ability to complete the research.
How do you show you have the required experience and ability? By your lab’s record of publishing the results of successful research.
What is successful research? In an ideal world, it would be what was found at the end of an investigation, regardless of if it disproves the null hypothesis or not. In reality, it’s the results of research that have further application, either in industry or that disprove the null hypothesis and act as a step to get you further related grants.
What happens when an investigation flounders? So you didn’t disprove the null hypothesis. In an ideal world, you publish a paper explaining what happened and everyone knows what not to do in the future. In reality, it’s basically unpublishable as journals want what will make them money. Your lab now has the research equivalent of a gap in your resume. You continue with other research and hope it is publishable. If your lab has a streak of bad luck and multiple projects crap out, now it’s harder to secure grants. The downward spiral begins.
Is what this researcher did wrong? Absolutely, but I get it. I 100% get it.
We need serious reform that removes the profit motive. A functional research system would better catch fabricated results before they’re published. It would alleviate the pressures that drive good people to do bad things in the pursuit of doing further good. It would actually enhance scientific discovery as ALL results would be published and without parasitic publishers as unnecessary middlemen.
Seconded, I use a Define 7 and it’s fantastic. Best big black box I’ve ever owned.
Have you checked out United Allergy Services? They claim to have self-administered allergy shots.
It’s 100% worth it. Not only does it get rid of the pollution, it tastes a lot better too.
Baby rats are very intelligent, empathetic creatures and want love too.
Such cute little babies.
I can’t help but wonder if they’ll ever fix the action menu glitch for controller users.
Grandpa, I think you got lost on your way to Facebook.
Props to the guy who asks if Al Qaeda is woke. These two have to be some of the dumbest people alive.
Watch out, language like that will have idiots ripping out their network adapters next.
Better yet, do both. You can do both!
I’m sure you already know this, but reading through some of these comments makes me suspect others might need the prompting.
“Vote for the lesser of two evils? Bah! I won’t vote at all!*”
*and help the fascist who is super pro-genocide get into office. This will definitely help the Palestinians and as a Trump presidency helps the Israelis rain firey death upon them, they will die proud that I stood resolute in my convictions. Their deaths will be worth it!
You piqued my interest and holy shit, Spotify money laundering is wild.
It’s really refreshing. We do have our share of crazies, as my block list can attest, but for the most part people are willing to accept that sometimes situations can be really complicated.
Sold by Nrnrnrg, a small “Ukrainian”* family owned company trusted for generations, established last week!
*designed in the Ukraine but assembled and shipped by our “trusted Chinese partners”**.
** partnership also first formed last week, sight unseen.
Looks like Reddit is leaking again.
Is the person stealing food rich? If so, then no one is going to jail.
FTFY