Science Critic Forum at Academia
Academia Forum I totally agree with Pro. Jarid, science is now on the edge of 'fatal conceit', more dependent on 'public' funds to start new lines of investigations, so less diversity and a lower rate of scientific knowledge, even if we are in the Big Data, AI, Robotics era. In some countries, scientists are seen as a mere job, or working position by young freshwomen and men, with a relatively good salary and fun activities in the labs. I miss the true passion for research, and it might be, for some, not all persons, a laboral option only. Once I got a Thesis Professor, that correct me about my bad habit of justifying my research for the government agencies' scale and parameters, but he said, 'Mikel, we scientists do not justify our work, we just investigate with liberty the subjects we are interested in'. I think he was and is right. Imagine if the scientists of previous decades and centuries were waiting for approval for their mecenas or founders, we w...