U.S. Biomedical Research 'Unsustainable' Prominent Researchers Warn

[DEAD7]

"The U.S. biomedical science system 'is on an unsustainable path' and needs major reform, four prominent researchers say. Researchers should 'confront the dangers at hand,' the authors write, and 'rethink' how academic research is funded, staffed, and organized. Among other issues, the team suggests that the system may be producing too many new researchers and forcing them to compete for a stagnating pool of funding."

 

[ltheghost]

"The U.S. biomedical science system 'is on an unsustainable path' and needs major reform, four prominent researchers say. Researchers should 'confront the dangers at hand,' the authors write, and 'rethink' how academic research is funded, staffed, and organized. Among other issues, the team suggests that the system may be producing too many new researchers and forcing them to compete for a stagnating pool of funding."

Watch them get dismissed and forgotten in a couple of days. You are not going to mess with the money farm that is going on today.

 

[tmonster]

who needs the NIH, just abolish the government and let everyone do their own science experiments at home

 

[Serious]

@Broletariat
@Napoleon

 

[PikaDaDon]

We really should crowdsource scientific research. Have every person on earth with internet access participate in a science experiment. Someone posts a scientific problem on a website and people just come up with solutions.

I truly believe that anything can be accomplished when you utilize the collective intellectual capacity of the human race. We went from being cave dwellers to sending probes to mars. Nothing is beyond our reach. It's just that government involvement and anti-intellectualism has stood in the way of true scientific progress.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

Have every person on earth with internet access participate in a science experiment.

FUKK NO!!! Did you see what happened when they tried to play Pokémon online? Couldn't even agree to go up one flight of stairs.
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Nothing is beyond our reach.

Time travel, cold fusion, the center of the Earth, and a few other things disagree.
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[you're NOT "n!ggas"]

We really should crowdsource scientific research. Have every person on earth with internet access participate in a science experiment. Someone posts a scientific problem on a website and people just come up with solutions.

I truly believe that anything can be accomplished when you utilize the collective intellectual capacity of the human race. We went from being cave dwellers to sending probes to mars. Nothing is beyond our reach. It's just that government involvement and anti-intellectualism has stood in the way of true scientific progress.

We really should crowdsource scientific research. Have every person on earth with internet access participate in a science experiment. Someone posts a scientific problem on a website and people just come up with solutions.

I truly believe that anything can be accomplished when you utilize the collective intellectual capacity of the human race. We went from being cave dwellers to sending probes to mars. Nothing is beyond our reach. It's just that government involvement and anti-intellectualism has stood in the way of true scientific progress.

can't say I agree with everything here, but you hit on a few points. Namely, the power collective human intellectual capacity... what it COULD be, at least. I think we're still very much in the dark ages

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

We really should crowdsource scientific research. Have every person on earth with internet access participate in a science experiment. Someone posts a scientific problem on a website and people just come up with solutions.

I truly believe that anything can be accomplished when you utilize the collective intellectual capacity of the human race. We went from being cave dwellers to sending probes to mars. Nothing is beyond our reach. It's just that government involvement and anti-intellectualism has stood in the way of true scientific progress.

Terrible idea. Avg person is clueless on the scientific process, these experiments would be worthless.

 

[PikaDaDon]

can't say I agree with everything here, but you hit on a few points. Namely, the power collective human intellectual capacity... what it COULD be, at least. I think we're still very much in the dark ages

Terrible idea. Avg person is clueless on the scientific process, these experiments would be worthless.

Some people aren't even interested in science and can choose not to participate. I don't think scientific research should be exclusive to people with PhDs and millions of grant money. People who are far less intelligent can come up with an outlandish solution that can work (thinking outside the box).

Also my idea to adhere to 'free market' rules where all of the proposed bad solutions or solutions proven to not work are weeded out (downvoted perhaps). I think it would be a grave mistake to underestimate humankind.

My idea isn't new. I think it's called 'open source science' or something. The idea is to grant normal people access to scientific research as the mainstream scientific community has been infiltrated by special interests who fund psuedo-science to push their agenda.

TED Weekends imagines a crowdsourced future | TED Blog

Why isn't there a Kickstarter for Scientific Research? : AskReddit



Adrien Treuille: Crowdsourcing science | TED-Ed

Jamie Drummond: Let's crowdsource the world's goals | Talk Video | TED.com

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

We really should crowdsource scientific research. Have every person on earth with internet access participate in a science experiment. Someone posts a scientific problem on a website and people just come up with solutions.

I truly believe that anything can be accomplished when you utilize the collective intellectual capacity of the human race. We went from being cave dwellers to sending probes to mars. Nothing is beyond our reach. It's just that government involvement and anti-intellectualism has stood in the way of true scientific progress.

No.

First of all, this isnt like coding computers.

We're talking about shyt that has THE HIGHEST stakes in what humans value.

Life.

There is an innate barrier to knowledge and learning curve that MUST be established to make strides.

Theres enough dumbasses online who think they understand what they dont understand and I don't feel comfortable knowing amateurs are trying to contribute without knowing the basics.[DOUBLEPOST=1397680123][/DOUBLEPOST]

Some people aren't even interested in science and can choose not to participate. I don't think scientific research should be exclusive to people with PhDs and millions of grant money. People who are far less intelligent can come up with an outlandish solution that can work (thinking outside the box).

Also my idea to adhere to 'free market' rules where all of the proposed bad solutions or solutions proven to not work are weeded out (downvoted perhaps). I think it would be a grave mistake to underestimate humankind.

My idea isn't new. I think it's called 'open source science' or something. The idea is to grant normal people access to scientific research as the mainstream scientific community has been infiltrated by special interests who fund psuedo-science to push their agenda.

TED Weekends imagines a crowdsourced future | TED Blog

Why isn't there a Kickstarter for Scientific Research? : AskReddit



Adrien Treuille: Crowdsourcing science | TED-Ed

Jamie Drummond: Let's crowdsource the world's goals | Talk Video | TED.com

This sounds like a transient approach from someone who doesn't understand or participate in science.

Theres a lot of shyt you gotta master before you're even able to contribute to researcher MEANINGFULLY.

I think a lot of science journalism has you all convinced that this shyt is easier than it really is.[DOUBLEPOST=1397680249][/DOUBLEPOST]

who needs the NIH, just abolish the government and let everyone do their own science experiments at home

I swear these dudes just say the most troll worthy shyt.

I DO NOT want my neighbors contributing to AIDS research

 

[Serious]

Terrible idea. Avg person is clueless on the scientific process, these experiments would be worthless.