Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The proposal discrimination/evaluation there must be a way to capture it, so how is that done? The new proposal removes a major balancing apparatus to the peer review variability which I would say is driven by reviewer assignment 221
Dr. Roberta Dollinger @robertadolling1.bsky.social · 19/08/2026On the one hand, this is absolutely intentional and calculated, but on the other, have we considered the possibility that “these guys aren’t very bright and things got out of hand?” A lot of these proposals are written like someone hasn’t fully thought them out. 111
Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Oh, I think they are very well thought out. They are designed, with knowledge of the NIH system and various traditional semi valid complaints, to misdirect the naive and gain support for policies that will let them corrupt the system entirely. 151