• fiat_lux@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Unfortunately that’s how modern science works. The scientists with the best marketing skills get the grants, get their work mentioned in the media, and hence, get more prestigious work.

    He is both a result of a broken system, and then became one of its key perpetuators. I bet he made some sweet bags of cash doing it.