Comments by "GunFun ZS" (@GunFunZS) on "Is Most Published Research Wrong?" video.

  1.  @fuNaN89  * not exactly. Few scientists sit down over morning coffee with the new journals. They might research for topical studies to a task they are working on, but really journals exist so that people can get published and therefore maintain their jobs. Journals are a way of keeping your job, and are much more printed than read. Same way doctoral theses are written, but not read as a rule. For most teaching positions the requirements are to be regularly published, and the same goes for research fellowships. Peer review sounds great, but in practice it is often a circular incentive loop. I find a group of people who agree with my ideas. They validate my ideas, I validate theirs, we all keep our jobs, grants, etc. If someone finds information that might contradict our ideas, we all gang up on him and make sure he loses his job and platform to threaten our livelihoods. Plus, we really believe our ideas and have invested decades of our identities in them, so you know- burn the heretic.
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