Jed Rothwell wrote:

> Perhaps, as Schwinger predicted, this will be the
> death of science. Science is at a low point, and
> no one can say when, or if, it will recover. But
> I expect it will. Valuable, vital institutions
> seldom collapse completely. Usually after they
> reach an dysfunctional extreme, a crisis occurs,
> and then the problems are fixed.
> 


Sometimes new institutions will emerge, because the existing
institutions simply can't undergo the needed reforms without
collapsing.

 
Harry

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