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RE: Science Under Attack

in #science8 years ago

We call these articles 'tabloid science' and often say that they don't count (unfortunately they do for impact factors), and these articles usually result in the real paper being published a couple years later. There is also a way that they count social media popularization and use this against scientific employment as well, and this results in pornographic titles and subjects. We often reach for the stars when basic observations on our planet have yet to be mentioned.

I can't applaud this enough. Exactly my thoughts.

This is unfortunately competitive as funding is limited by government. Donations help alot, but the majority of funding is governmental. Drop the subjects space or climate change in a grant, likelihood of obtaining funds probably increases.

Thank you for mentioning this. Many people seem to ignore how popular subjects that tend to be politically inflated get all the money

On a side note, please don't refer to climate change as a 'minor' temperature change--I think you were trying to make a point using this but wasn't entirely sure and apologize if it was satire. As someone who studies the past, I would suggest anyone do more reading here.

I was making satire since Mar's environment will much harder to control.

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Thank you for the replies, @kyriacos. Also, I sincerely appreciate the satire.

you are welcome