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RE: Wherein I ramble along, trying to think about putting genomes on blockchains

in #steemstem7 years ago (edited)

Just one extra comment: replace monetary rewards by a reputation system. Much better for science. :)

I was thinking this while I was reading the article. I wonder what this implies about financial rewards in general. I mean, if giving money to scientists per paper is bad, and appreciating their work without paying them is good, that's tantamount to communism or something! haha! ... I guess steemit tries to equate appreciation with monetary reward using the concept of the vote. .... Anyways, long discussion.

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Yeah, any money is always good. However, in the context of scientific work, money is never the first incentive (one definitely does not get rich by working in academia...). So... :)