Thursday, February 4, 2021

Philosophy Wire: Random funding… Random cosmos…

Scientists have used the economic theory of contests to illustrate how the competitive grant-application system has made the pursuit of research funding inefficient and unsustainable - and that alternative methods, such as a partial lottery to award grants, could relieve pressure on professors and free up time for research. [1] After knowing everything, we will learn that there was nothing to learn at the end. Too much information only leads to us appreciating the silence of ignorance. Too many decisions only makes up know that non-deciding is the best way forward. Think carefully. Plan everything. Watch the world go around. Relax. The dices have already been rolled. And you already know the result…

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