Demand to Fire the Science Minister of Your Government in 2025

Because “coveries” happen when good science is ignored, not when it is “too novel”

Every nation has a Science Minister. In theory, that person ensures that important discoveries do not fall through the cracks—that promising scientists get fair access to funding, recognition, and opportunities, no matter where they work or what title they hold.

But in reality, too many ministries only support insiders: those with academic titles, prestigious institutions behind their names, and official credentials. This is how coveries are born—not because a discovery is too new or complex, but because nobody funds its promotion.

Today, we must say it clearly:
👉 If your Science Minister tolerates this systemic failure—demand their resignation.

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What are coveries?

Coveries are scientific discoveries that remain unknown or under-recognized not because they lack merit, but because the system does not promote or finance them.
They are the “unfunded discoveries” of talented individuals who happen to fall outside formal academic hierarchies.

A typical example: mathematical work on ordered semigroup actions (OSA) and discontinuous analysis. These results exist. They are documented. They are mathematically rigorous. But because their author does not have a formal science degree or a university position, no institution funded promotion or dissemination. No PR, no grant, no platform. The result: a discovery that could shift entire domains is effectively invisible.

Coveries happen when:

Promising work is produced by independent researchers or outsiders.
Ministries fund only academic insiders and “safe” projects.
Promotion (which costs money) is ignored as if good ideas would “somehow spread themselves.”
There is no institutional path to bring unconventional researchers into the spotlight.

In short, coveries are not about the content of the discovery.
They’re about a broken system of scientific communication and promotion.

👉 More on the concept of coveries: Scientific Coveries and Why We Need a New Occupation — Science Marketers

Why your Science Minister must go

They allow systemic neglect of outsiders

Science is funded as if it only happens inside universities. But that’s not true anymore. Many serious researchers work independently, without degrees, positions, or institutional affiliations. When Science Ministers ignore them, valuable work simply never reaches society.

This is not a marginal problem. It’s structural. If your minister cannot design funding and promotion systems that include independent scientists, they are failing their job.

Funding covers research, but not promotion

Most ministries fund “research activities” — lab work, salaries, conferences. But they rarely fund promotion: the step where the result actually reaches society.
If the author of a result has no institutional support, no PR office, no access to journalists, no marketing — the discovery dies unseen.
Coveries are the direct result of this blind spot.

Degrees and institutional badges have become gate-keeping tools

Too often, ministries assume that “real scientists” have PhDs, university chairs, or prestigious affiliations. This assumption locks out independent talent. It means that even groundbreaking results can lie buried in a personal website or preprint server for years — or decades — while money flows to less impactful institutional projects.
This is not meritocracy. This is bureaucracy. And your Science Minister is responsible.

The cost of coveries is enormous

When a society ignores valid discoveries, it loses potential economic growth, technological advances, and intellectual leadership.
A single overlooked idea in mathematics, physics, or biology can mean lost trillions of dollars in future value. The OSA framework is a clear example: it has real potential applications, but no promotion equals no attention equals no impact.

This is not just academic injustice.
This is economic malpractice by science administrations.

What citizens should demand

Funding for promotion, not just research. Ministries must allocate funds for outreach, translation, and PR of scientific work — including that of independent researchers.
Open access to promotion programs. Anyone producing valid work, regardless of degrees or institutional affiliation, must be able to apply for promotional support.
End gate-keeping by degrees. Ministries should focus on content quality, not credentials.
Dedicated “covery funds.” A transparent budget line to bring under-recognized discoveries into the spotlight.
Accountability. Ministers must publicly report how many independent works received promotion support — and how many were ignored.

If your Science Minister cannot deliver on this, they should not keep the job.

Science must serve society, not institutions

Scientific progress doesn’t only happen inside the ivory tower anymore. It happens in home labs, small NGOs, online collaborations, and yes, in the minds of researchers who don’t have a degree.

A Science Minister who fails to adapt to this reality is not fit for the 21st century.

A call to action

📣 Demand funding for scientific promotion of independent researchers.
📨 Write to your parliamentary representatives.
🗳️ Vote for science administrators who support open promotion, not just institutional funding.
✊ Support projects that build alternative promotion systems — like Science DAO and the concept of science marketers.

If your Science Minister lets coveries happen — if they let valuable research remain unseen just because the author doesn’t wear a university badge — they must go.

Final word

Coveries are not about “wild, radical ideas.”
They are about systematic neglect of good work.

A Science Minister’s duty is to ensure that science reaches the world — not just a privileged circle of insiders. If they fail at this, fire them.

While the establishment pray to academia, as if it were an infallible god, you can support the project AIIS to eliminate scientific coveries by yourself.