Supporting science does not automatically mean supporting universities. While universities present themselves as the guardians of scientific progress, modern academic institutions increasingly act as bureaucratic gatekeepers that slow innovation, misallocate […]
What’s Wrong with Quadratic Funding?
After years of real-world use, Quadratic Funding has shown systemic flaws that limit its effectiveness for both scientific research and free software development (1, 2). These problems are not implementation […]
Academia Is Not a Meritocracy
Modern academia is not a merit-based system; it systematically rewards credentials, institutional affiliation, and conformity over intellectual merit. While it presents an idealized narrative—publish strong research, gain recognition, secure funding, […]
How Do People Spend Time in Academia in Vain and How AI Internet-Meritocracy (AIIM) Can Solve This Problem?
The Hidden Cost of Academic Inefficiency Modern academia consumes vast amounts of human time while delivering far less scientific output than it could. Researchers, especially early-career scientists and independent scholars, […]
Preliminary Release of the Meritocracy App in 2026
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What Is a DeSci DAO?
DeSci DAO stands for Decentralized Science Decentralized Autonomous Organization (1). It is a blockchain-based organizational model designed to fund, govern, and coordinate scientific research in a transparent, permissionless, and community-driven […]
Attack on Google SERP: A branch of science may effectively disappear from SERPs for a long time in 2026
How Google SERPs would be manipulated at institutional level to exclude an branch of science from search results. An essay written in security vulnerability report style. 25 Jul 2022 note: […]
Discontinuous Analysis: Peer-Reviewed Publication and Research Status
Discontinuous Analysis: Peer-Reviewed Publication and Research Status Discontinuous Analysis is a mathematical framework developed by Victor Porton and presented in a peer-reviewed journal article published in the Journal of Analysis […]
Visibility and Evaluation Bottlenecks in Modern Knowledge
Visibility and Evaluation Bottlenecks in Modern Knowledge Scientific and technical work can fail to receive attention for many reasons: limited reviewer capacity, poor discoverability, weak presentation, lack of institutional connections, […]
Effective Altruism and the Future of Science: Why Does High-Impact Giving Start With Better Research Infrastructure?
We need software infrastructure for fair and effective distribution of science financing, in order to allow donors and governments to support R&D effectively. Effective Altruism and the Future of Scientific […]