http://blog.operator-speaking.com/2010/07/14/on-science/ Sun, 01 Apr 2012 09:28:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://blog.operator-speaking.com/2010/07/14/on-science/comment-page-1/#comment-1655 ex nihilo Fri, 16 Jul 2010 03:47:36 +0000 http://blog.operator-speaking.com/?p=5464#comment-1655 i'm sure there's someone to pay for research that supports particular business interests. the governments of the world definitely have their hands in a lot of research too. that said, there's also funding for publishing research in journals and funding from various organizations with competing interests, so the cards aren't entirely stacked to one side. if you can demonstrate that some publication is bogus, you might get a platform to say it. i suppose it would be ideal if there was always funding coming in from several competing sources. it might be worth researching different fields of research and making note of which organizations are responsible for their funding to find out which fields *should be* biased and which fields *shouldn't be* according to their pay-masters. i’m sure there’s someone to pay for research that supports particular business interests. the governments of the world definitely have their hands in a lot of research too.
that said, there’s also funding for publishing research in journals and funding from various organizations with competing interests, so the cards aren’t entirely stacked to one side. if you can demonstrate that some publication is bogus, you might get a platform to say it. i suppose it would be ideal if there was always funding coming in from several competing sources.
it might be worth researching different fields of research and making note of which organizations are responsible for their funding to find out which fields *should be* biased and which fields *shouldn’t be* according to their pay-masters.

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