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The Straitjacket of Institutional Science
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"The entire incentive system (...) is not based on changing the world for the better or coming up with useful inventions. It's based on the number of papers you get published in high prestige journals." Here's Rupert Sheldrake on the "straitjacket" of institutional science… Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ivka-X9RfI
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The Heretic's Path: Independent Science
Rupert Sheldrake discusses the plight of independent scientists, highlighting how the majority are constrained by institutional pressures. He shares his own experience of being labeled a heretic, which forced him into independence. Sheldrake critiques the incentive system in institutional science, which prioritizes publication in prestigious journals over genuine innovation or societal improvement, creating a 'straitjacket' for researchers.
"if you count the number of independent scientists in the world is vanishingly small I mean I've been forced to be one because of being proclaimed a heretic and being excommunicated so I've been worked..."