Peer-reviewed papers are getting increasingly boring
This is a reasonable and well-explained argument, which I’ve heard many times before: the incentives are currently producing a large quantity of mediocre research, rather than groundbreaking science.<p>So let me ask the research community on HN something I see discussed less often. What alternative incentives exist today, or could be created, that would push more scientists to try higher risk &#x2F; higher reward research?