Dan Goodman on Nostr: npub1skyqp…22hts an interesting viewpoint in Jerry Muller's "The Tyranny of ...

npub1skyqp5njaqvs3sezxt4zszlqncxxwtcdv9xprme9lekx0wvzv9rq222hts (npub1sky…2hts) an interesting viewpoint in Jerry Muller's "The Tyranny of Metrics" (which I recommend everyone in academia to read). Metrics can be useful as a part of the process of diagnosing a problem, as long as they aren't used as a target and they're only the start of the process not a substitute for looking at specifics. Bibliometrics would be a useful tool to understand what's going on if they weren't also being gamed.