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Peter Higgs: I wouldn't be productive enough for today's academic system

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/06/peter-higgs-boson-academic-system

Physicist doubts work like Higgs boson identification achievable now as academics are expected to 'keep churning out papers'

Peter Higgs: I wouldn't be productive enough for today's academic system

3 comments

Guitarist

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Publish or perish.

Fourth

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Pretty wild to consider how it is. Serious implications.

Pandalus

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Considering that this was written almost 10 years ago, it will only have gotten worse.

We can point this out and complain, but really I fail to see a solution unless there is a systematic change. For that to happen though, those at the top will have to give up on their acquired benefits, so I think it unlikely.

Maybe if grants would be handed out on a 'lottery' basis (grant applications should still be screened to prevent handing out to non-serious applications), this could be achieved?