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Here is an excerpt from this article by Peter Lawrence: Modern science, particularly biomedicine, is being damaged by attempts to measure the quantity and quality of research. Scientists are ranked according to these measures, a ranking that impacts on funding of...

Satisfaction

An excerpt from Mahalonbis’ Distance:The book Satisfaction by Gregory Berns is a quick and interesting read. There are a few profound nuggets in here, basically, that much of life is centered not on pleasure or happiness, but rather satisfaction. In fact,...