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Why Is It So Hard To Admit Scientific Culture Has Problems?
The most controversial thing I say about scientific culture is often the most obvious:
It has warts.
Not because science is bad.
Not because research is hopeless.
But because any human system that pushes success at all costs will eventually hurt people.
What still shocks me is not that scientific culture has trade-offs.
It is that so many people struggle to even admit there are trade-offs.
That, to me, is the real warning sign.
When you cannot openly talk about the costs, the tensions, the pain, the weird incentives, or the simple fact that some parts work and some parts do not, you have…
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