In this essay, I will argue that most academic research is fake. The modern academy is not a reliable source of knowledge. Instead, it produces the pretense of knowledge.
Academic research can be fake in different ways. It can simply be false. It can be emotionally manipulative propaganda masquerading as knowledge. It can be irrelevant or meaningless.
These are the main causes of fake research:
Ideological Bias
Perverse Incentives
Social Circularity
Naive/Fake Empiricism
I’ll describe each and explain how it causes fake research.
Why Academia is Mostly Not Truth-Seeking
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In this essay, I will argue that most academic research is fake. The modern academy is not a reliable source of knowledge. Instead, it produces the pretense of knowledge.
Academic research can be fake in different ways. It can simply be false. It can be emotionally manipulative propaganda masquerading as knowledge. It can be irrelevant or meaningless.
These are the main causes of fake research:
Ideological Bias
Perverse Incentives
Social Circularity
Naive/Fake Empiricism
I’ll describe each and explain how it causes fake research.
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