@Article{
AUTHOR = {Abbot, D. Abbot and Bikfalvi, A. Bikfalvi and Bleske-Rechek, A.L. Bleske-Rechek and Bodmer, W. Bodmer and Boghossian, P. Boghossian and Carvalho, C.M. Carvalho and Ciccolini, J. Ciccolini and Coyne, J.A. Coyne and Gauss, J. Gauss and Gill, P.M.W. Gill and Jitomirskaya, S. Jitomirskaya and Jussim, L. Jussim and Krylov, A.I. Krylov and Loury, G.C. Loury and Maroja, L. Maroja and McWhorter, J.H. McWhorter and Moosavi, S. Moosavi and Schwerdtle, P. Nayna Schwerdtle and Pearl, J. Pearl and Quintanilla-Tornel, M.A. Quintanilla-Tornel and III, H.F. Schaefer III and Schreiner, P.R. Schreiner and Schwerdtfeger, P. Schwerdtfeger and Shechtman, D. Shechtman and Shifman, M. Shifman and Tanzman, J. Tanzman and Trout, B.L. Trout and Warshel, A. Warshel and West, J.D. West},
TITLE = {In Defense of Merit in Science},
JOURNAL = {Journal of Controversial Ideas},
VOLUME = {3},
YEAR = {2023},
NUMBER = {1},
PAGES = {0--0},
URL = {https://journalofcontroversialideas.org/article/3/1/236},
ISSN = {2694-5991},
ABSTRACT = {Merit is a central pillar of liberal epistemology, humanism, and democracy. The scientific enterprise, built on merit, has proven effective in generating scientific and technological advances, reducing suffering, narrowing social gaps, and improving the quality of life globally. This perspective documents the ongoing attempts to undermine the core principles of liberal epistemology and to replace merit with non-scientific, politically motivated criteria. We explain the philosophical origins of this conflict, document the intrusion of ideology into our scientific institutions, discuss the perils of abandoning merit, and offer an alternative, human-centered approach to address existing social inequalities.},
DOI = {10.35995/jci03010001}
}