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willgax ◴[] No.45048979[source]
An individual scientist/researcher (most of them) is in pursuit of truth. Nothing matters, and nothing should matter other than that. For future discoveries, we should make knowledge as accessible as possible. But when an organization forms, it competes for power and superiority. This results in discriminatory actions that cause the overall regression of collective innovation. It is sad to see this happen.
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diggan ◴[] No.45049758[source]
> An individual scientist/researcher (most of them) is in pursuit of truth.

Maybe I'm in a certain type of bubble, but I kind of feel like that's a secondary goal (for many of them), while the first is finding and keeping a position that lets them earn enough money to survive. Some of them are lucky to be able to do both, but quite a lot of them are sacrificing the "pursuit of truth" because otherwise they wouldn't be able to feed themselves by working as a researcher.

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1. melagonster ◴[] No.45049803[source]
Yes, but giving people a dream is a good way to let them look for low salary jobs.