Stop guessing start learning at Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:44:10 UTC No. 16591286

>>16591227
Not all the time. But with the lack of accountability and overaight these past couple decades. The scientific community has just been one big giant ponzi scheme on the American taxpayer.

Some of the research that is being done adds little to no productive value to society. And sometimes research is skewed linguistically in papers to make grandiose sounding claims obfuscated by technical language thatthe general public can't really decipher.

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Feb 2025 10:48:00 UTC No. 16591290

>>16591286
Does it have to be enormously productive for society? Research is the pursuit of knowledge into a specific topic, no matter how big or small. Sure, I might think research into necrophilia being weird but it is in the end still research that may or may not have some use in related fields at some time. Do you really want us to remain entirely ignorant on certain subjects because they have less percieved value than others? As for the linguistics; That's an educational issue which isn't surprising considering most 'lards can't read or write - and if they do they lack reading comprehension and the capacity of critical thinking and nuance.

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:04:27 UTC No. 16591307

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shFUDPqVmTg

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:07:50 UTC No. 16591310

>>16591307
>Posts a link of some ugly foid with red text
based i love not interacting with clickbait without good cause

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:16:08 UTC No. 16591313

>>16591290
The main complain is fraud and you pretend not to know, which is also fraud

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Feb 2025 11:20:15 UTC No. 16591314

>>16591227
I think it's because left-wing activists have weaponised science. It is used to justify everything from immigration to outsourcing and from multiculturalism to gender transitions. And arguing against these easily gets you labelled as a heretic science-denier. They throw around slogans like "trust the science", treating scientists like priests were treated in the past.

I share these sentiments, and I myself have been in Academia most of my life. I wouldn't say I'm distrustful of science, though, but I'm extremely distrustful of policies that are supposedly justified by science. My problem with science is the publish-or-perish culture and the mountains of useless or outright nonsensical publications. My problem with Science™ (I fucking LOVE science) is its political nature and cult-like behaviour.

Stop guessing start learning at Wed, 19 Feb 2025 13:52:55 UTC No. 16591409

>>16591290
I think the main complaint everyone has is with sociology (social sciences) this affects government policies.

The social sciences claim their papers are empirical. Ok but when you get to the methodology you often see a misuse of statistical measurements and completely arbitrary parameters and sample sizes to make thier absurd abstractions fit into reality.

It's a real shame how much this department has corrupted the sciences...

If you want My opinion they need to ban this department entirely from academia. We see what happened during the eugenics movement.

The aftermath is they put sociology and biology on separate sides of the school.

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:15:17 UTC No. 16591465

>>16591314
If something is scientifically proven to be beneficial in the long-term, why is that a bad thing? I get that a person might have a moral issue with something, but science is a fact, no? Or at least as close to fact as possible, whereas morality is entirely subjective, based on ones cultural environment.

If science says gender transitioning is the best course of action for people who feel dysphoric in that regard, who are we to say otherwise? It's A) An extremely miniscule portion of people and B) Harms nobody. Outsourcing isn't "scientific" but it is economic which is entirely on the oligarch fatcats who hate the working class. Yes, it is a fact that outsourcing to China or India or whatever makes things like clothes cheaper, but it is a scumbag move that wasn't supported by scientists. They just agree that "Yes, it is cheaper there - at the cost of human and working rights and a loss in quality materials used for said clothes."

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:38:02 UTC No. 16591480

>>16591313
>The main complain is fraud and you pretend not to know, which is also fraud
lmao do you actually, seriously believe that doge is finding fraud?

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:48:06 UTC No. 16591489

>>16591480
A lot of people have been documenting instances of fraud in academia. The research topics are fake and the money is fed to a huge useless administrative apparatus or stolen in kickbacks. This is different from finding research in real topics with little practical use

Anonymous at Wed, 19 Feb 2025 15:52:24 UTC No. 16591501

>>16591489
Correct, there are people, within all fields of work and research who take advantage of the situation for a quick buck. It should be found and scrutinized, but let's not pretend that a vast majority of academia is like this. One rotten apple does not equal a dozen rotten apples.