in thread "A Taxonomy Of Bureaucracies & Science": Eh. Every time I read something by an actual researcher, they complain about too much centralization. Also, generally the centralized Big Science projects of the last few decades haven't been that successful. The Large Hadron Collider failed to discover an... 9h ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 0.8 0.8 Eh. Every time I rea (view hidden) log in to judge received 0.8 0.8 The way science is structured is already extremely hierarchical, though. Go to any biology or physics program. You'll find a small number of PIs (principal investigators) and a large number of graduate students. The grad students are basically doing what t... 7h ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received The way science is s (view hidden) log in to judge received