I got this comment as a reply to my post:
You can get a job and do your math, too.
Other people do more with less, why can't you?
Answer:
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Greed and entitlement.
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I feel quite offended, that I have to care about someone else who “do more with less”. What does it have to do with greed? I do not get the thought process behind it.
I wonder if I am overreacting. I would feel better if they just said to get a job, but it felt more like they are trying to make fun of me.
EDIT: Thanks everyone for thoughtful replies! Now I feel a lot better - I was in very bad mood when I got the reply above, so I felt even more attacked. Still, I should learn to not get overly offended like this.
This right here
Unfortunately we need calm, competent, apolitical technocratic adults in policy-making positions to address this structural deficiency.
Imagine if the Secretary of Education, Science Adviser, head of NASA, head of HHS, etc, all came together and said, “We need to re-work the incentive structure for publishing papers. More reproducibility, better review processes, totally new funding model. Moreover, all academic publications must be available free to the public – and important findings also come with funding for science communicators to simplify and clarify findings to the public”
Instead, we get brainworm, anti-Tylenol, more trans-fats
“We are in a race between education and oblivion”