AIIM was programmed to only reward people who have new developments in last 3 months. I thought, that I should possibly interrupt my further development of ordered semicategory actions (ordered […]
Deficiencies of AI Internet-Meritocracy: Incentives, Evaluation Risks, and Governance Limits
AI Internet-Meritocracy (AIIM) is a proposed system for distributing donated money among scientists and free and open-source software developers according to AI-assessed merit. It attempts to replace grant applications, institutional […]
Which Organization Should You Donate Money to for Science?
The best organization to donate money to for science depends on what you want your donation to accomplish. Donate to a disease-specific charity when you want to advance research on […]
Can Funding Methods Be Ranked by Fairness?
Yes, funding methods can be compared and provisionally ranked by fairness—but only after defining what “fair” means. A system may be procedurally impartial while distributing money inefficiently. Another may reward […]
Why People Do Not Donate to Science Precisely Because It Is Important
Scientific research is essential to medicine, technology, economic development, environmental protection, and our understanding of reality. Yet science receives far fewer individual donations than many causes with more immediate and […]
Why Funding Scientific Infrastructure May Outperform Funding One Project
Funding one scientific project can produce an important paper, experiment, or discovery. Funding scientific infrastructure can make hundreds of such projects possible. Research infrastructure includes not only laboratories, telescopes, research […]
Where Does a Donation to Scientific Research Actually Go?
A donation to scientific research rarely moves directly from a donor’s bank account into a scientist’s laboratory. Depending on the recipient, it may fund researchers’ salaries, laboratory equipment, data collection, […]
How Much Scientific Progress Can a $10 Donation Buy?
A $10 donation cannot usually finance an entire laboratory experiment, research paper, or mathematical monograph. Modern biomedical research grants can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. However, this does not […]
Why Long Mathematical Monographs Struggle Under Modern Evaluation Systems
Long mathematical monographs struggle under modern evaluation systems because their value is difficult to compress into the indicators institutions commonly use: publication counts, journal rankings, citation totals, grant income, and […]
The Orphan Science Problem: Important Fields Without Institutional Sponsors
Some scientific fields are neglected not because they lack intellectual or social value, but because they lack an institution whose mission, budget, and professional incentives require someone to support them. […]
