Bruce G Charlton
Stimulating revolutionary science with mega-cash prizes
Charlton, Bruce G; Andras, Peter
Authors
Prof Peter Andras P.Andras@napier.ac.uk
Dean of School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Abstract
We argue that the most ambitious science is intrinsically riskier science, more likely to fail. It is almost always a safer career strategy for the best scientists to seek to extend knowledge more modestly and to build incrementally on existing ideas and methods. Therefore, higher rewards for success are a necessary incentive to encourage top scientists to work on the most important scientific problems, ones where the solution has potentially revolutionary implications. We suggest that mega-cash prizes (measured in tens of millions of dollars) are a suitable reward for those individuals (or institutions) whose work has triggered radically new directions in science.
Citation
Charlton, B. G., & Andras, P. (2008). Stimulating revolutionary science with mega-cash prizes. Medical Hypotheses, 70(4), 709-713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2008.01.001
Journal Article Type | Editorial |
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Online Publication Date | Mar 5, 2008 |
Publication Date | 2008 |
Deposit Date | Nov 10, 2021 |
Print ISSN | 0306-9877 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Peer Reviewed | Not Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 70 |
Issue | 4 |
Pages | 709-713 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mehy.2008.01.001 |
Public URL | http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2809370 |
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