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Lack of incentives for scientific skepticism as a normalized, institutionalized form of academic discourse -- is the problem.

The are a lot of incentives to get 'published' or to get 'sponsored. And there are no incentives to question validity of methods or results (unless these are 'sponsored').

Formalized methodology underpinning scientific skepticism, should be taught as part of first 4 years of college (or even specialized vocational schools).

There are should magazines in every field, dedicated to skepticism, the recent discoveries, methods of analysis, etc. There are should be commercial and tax-payer funded sponsorships available to do just that.

May be, there should be advanced degrees in statistical claim validation methods, and so on.

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I sometimes worry that we don’t have a culture of science, but a culture of scientists. Very different things in terms of aggregate output.