AI Internet-Meritocracy—AIIM—is a proposed infrastructure for distributing funding to scientists and open-source developers according to assessed contribution, usefulness, dependency, and research impact. Instead of relying exclusively on applications, institutional prestige, […]
National Science Funding vs Global Science Funding: Which Produces Better Research?
National and global science funding solve different problems. National funding is strongest when research must serve local needs, maintain strategic infrastructure, or develop domestic scientific capacity. Global funding is usually […]
Is Belief in the Supernatural Anti-Scientific?
Acceptance of the supernatural is not automatically anti-scientific. Science is defined primarily by method: careful observation, logical reasoning, reproducibility, openness to criticism, and willingness to revise conclusions when evidence changes. […]
Will AIIM Reward Theological Works?
AIIM is an AI system got monetary reward of scientific works. I’ve interviewed several LLMs with an intriguing question: If you’d asked to reward scientific works, would you reward a […]
Parasitic Egalitarianism
I use the term parasitic egalitarianism to describe a social attitude that claims to oppose hierarchy but, in practice, attacks only hierarchies based on merit. A person influenced by parasitic […]
The Adversarial Testing of AIIM
AIIM should not be trusted merely because its designers believe it is fair, secure, or resistant to manipulation. It should be tested by people who are actively trying to make […]
Common Good Apps: Digital Tools Built to Benefit Everyone
Common good apps are digital applications designed to create benefits that extend beyond their direct users. Instead of optimizing primarily for advertising revenue, subscriptions, or shareholder returns, they help society […]
Will AIIM Replace Biotech Grant DAOs—or Work Alongside Them?
AI Internet-Meritocracy (AIIM) is unlikely to eliminate grant-based organizations such as VitaDAO. A more probable outcome is a hybrid scientific economy: specialized DAOs will finance uncertain, capital-intensive projects in advance, […]
Foundations of Mathematics and Fundamental Mathematics: Why the Deepest Research Is Often Underfunded
Foundations of mathematics investigates the logical, conceptual, and structural basis of mathematics itself. Fundamental mathematics develops general theories that may support many other branches, even when they have no immediate […]
Even Great Mathematicians Can Make Poor Moderation Decisions
I once submitted the following comment to Terence Tao’s blog: “I thought with funcoids Kakeya conjecture will become easy, but now I know it didn’t.” The comment was not offensive, […]