As I read it, two of the nominations are for the post itself, and one is for the comments...
...is what I was going to say until I checked and saw that this comment is a review, not a nomination. So one is for the post, and one for the comments.
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I agree with Raemon that even if the nomination is for the comments, evaluating the post is important. I actually started writing a section on the comments, but didn’t have that much to say, because they all seem predicated on the post stating something true about the world.
The highest-voted top-level comment, as well as Zvi’s position in this comment thread, seem to basically be considering the case where academia as a whole is net negative. I broadly agree with Zvi that it is not acceptable for an academic to go around faking data; if that were the norm in academia I expect I would think that academia was net negative and one could not justify joining it (unless you were going to buck the incentives). But… that isn’t the norm in academia. I feel like these comments are only making an important point if you actually believe the original post, which I don’t. The other comments seem to have only a little content, or to be on relatively tangential topics.
That’s a fair point-see my comment to Raemon. The way I read it, the mod consensus was that we can’t just curate the post, meaning that comments are essentially the only option. To me, this means an incorrect/low quality post isn’t disqualifying, which doesn’t decrease the utility of the review, just the frame under which it should be interpreted.
As I read it, two of the nominations are for the post itself, and one is for the comments...
...is what I was going to say until I checked and saw that this comment is a review, not a nomination. So one is for the post, and one for the comments.
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I agree with Raemon that even if the nomination is for the comments, evaluating the post is important. I actually started writing a section on the comments, but didn’t have that much to say, because they all seem predicated on the post stating something true about the world.
The highest-voted top-level comment, as well as Zvi’s position in this comment thread, seem to basically be considering the case where academia as a whole is net negative. I broadly agree with Zvi that it is not acceptable for an academic to go around faking data; if that were the norm in academia I expect I would think that academia was net negative and one could not justify joining it (unless you were going to buck the incentives). But… that isn’t the norm in academia. I feel like these comments are only making an important point if you actually believe the original post, which I don’t. The other comments seem to have only a little content, or to be on relatively tangential topics.
That’s a fair point-see my comment to Raemon. The way I read it, the mod consensus was that we can’t just curate the post, meaning that comments are essentially the only option. To me, this means an incorrect/low quality post isn’t disqualifying, which doesn’t decrease the utility of the review, just the frame under which it should be interpreted.