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Metrics

Title text: The really freaky part is when you hear about this going on in medical research.

Votey

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How social science metrics work:

Step 1: Some victorian guy comes up with an ad hoc test.

Step 2: The method, being the only one available, is handed to young researchers.

It's not a perfect measure but it'll work until we know more.

Try using viscount fitzjibble's protocol. It's the best we have so far.

Step 3: The method proliferates asits initial ad hoc nature is forgotten.

Step 4: The method becomes entrenched.

You didn't run a vfp? Christ jesus can you even spell science?

Good data but you need to run viscount fitzjibble's protocol to be consistent with the literature.

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Step 5: After a series of failures, new researchers call the method into question.

Step 6: It is too late. The method is more powerful than the scientists.

All hail the method.

And in fact fitzjibble never intended it to be a permanent method. Who woulda thought?

None of us believe in it, but none of us will fund projects that don't use it.

Shhh! Vfp is listening! Vfp hears all!

But but why?

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(the real fun starts when it leaks into policy discussions)

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