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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 57 points 7 months ago (2 children)

We live in a messed up world. Research regardless of whether it's successful or not should be making researchers some of the most highly paid citizens of our society. Documenting how things don't work should be as valued as documenting how things do work.

Labtechs shouldn't be making the equivalent of Mc Donalds workers (even though Mc Donalds workers should also be paid more).

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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 23 points 7 months ago

The labtech problem is largely the fault of Quest and LabCorp in the US

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 12 points 7 months ago

Documenting how things don’t work should be as valued as documenting how things do work.

This, all the way this!

Exactly where 'publish or perish' fails science and enriches publishers.