There’s another reason: randomness keeps science healthy. New ideas and projects would get funded, providing variation in approaches and insights. It would mean no bubbles, no herd behaviour, no chasing the latest shiny baubles.How not to choose which science is worth funding22612Mark HumphriesVenkatesh-Prasad RanganathAug 26, 2017·1 min readEither this or the agencies could fund few out-there-ideas (that do not align with status quo) in every round.
