Possibly One of The Biggest Threats Our Culture Faces Today

The status quo's stranglehold on scientific research!

The root of the problem is very simple. Scientists don't have the freedom to research as they like. The financial ability to pursue interesting powerful amazing topics unless it can get funding from people or organizations with a lot of money (attached to vested typically biased interests).

Unfortunately, that rules out just about any major research funding into things that would truly revolutionize society by dismantling the status quo!

This post started as a call to arms to design such platforms. However, when I was doing some preliminary research I found out that some already exist!

Experiment

About

Experiment is an online platform for discovering, funding, and sharing scientific research.

We're based in New York City. We're a team of scientists, designers, and technologists passionate about helping ideas grow.

Our mission is to democratize science.

Where does the most impactful science come from? What makes science beautiful? What if anyone could be a scientist? There are a lot of big questions in science, but these are the ones we ask.

Consano

Mission

" To provide a platform that enables individuals to donate directly to specific medical research projects and programs, advancing medical progress and empowering individual action. "

USEED

About

Higher Education, Meet Crowdfunding

Expand your reach, connect your community, inspire a culture of philanthropy. Simple, honest, intimate fundraising for the networked world.

Now What

Now my goal is to simply contribute to and raise awareness of these platforms, so they can grow to become a truly viable alternative for scientific research!

If anyone has a clever idea how pairing these with crypto technology would make them more effective, let's discuss it!

Does anyone know any other platforms besides the ones mentioned above?

More On The Significance of This Problem

Discussions between @alexander.alexis and I on:

Is Science Just Another Religion?: 21st Century Dogma, Faith in Science and the Cult of Objectivity

Also, something I read recently that builds the case for the problem.

So you wanted to be a scientist? Let me tell you what's happening in academia today! Created by @lys

These two articles are what sparked the idea to look this up.

Rieki

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