"Die Wissenschaft ist ein feudales System. Und das Peer-Review ist organisiert wie eine konspirative Organisation", sagt der Linzer Wissenschaftsforscher Gerhard Fröhlich. Er fordert mehr Transparenz - sowie eine "Wissenschaftskultur, in der Fehler nicht als größte Schande gelten".
"Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it." Terry Pratchett
There are generally two types of science: first, there’s the type that makes computers work, allows us to ride around in metal boxes propelled by continuous explosion, and makes it so that milk doesn’t taste all gross. Then there’s the fringe science, the stuff that shoots up your nose like mathematical horseradish and dances a jig on your brain
Forschungsunion. Perspektivenpapier der Forschungsunion Wirtschaft -- Wissenschaft, Forschungsunion im Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wirtschaft e.~V., Berlin, (April 2013)
J. Trautner. Journal of Engineering Education, (January 1996)The issue of women in engineering is important to the profession as a whole and climate issues that discriminate against/exclude women faculty in engineering need to be addressed..