Thoughts on the state of science nowadays?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

That’s been the state of science for nearly a century (the phrase ‘publish or perish’ dates from the late 1920s).

I’m surprised that you seem surprised by this.

Boru

And what shall we do about it?

Lately I’ve been thinking I don’t want to be a researcher/professor anymore.

I think nowadays the only way you can find creative freedom is art. Since you absolute control over your work (literature, painting, etc).

The two pursuits are not mutually exclusive. But unless one wants to be a commercial artist, the odds of making a living are much better in science.

I'm not sure where you get the idea that artists have 'absolute control over (their) work'. In any form of literary endeavour, for example, - fiction, non-fiction, screenplays, etc - a writer necessarily has to deal with publishers and editors (unless you wish to write only for your own amusement, but that butters no parsnips). And unless you can land a wealthy patron, the same sort of thing applies to other artforms as well.

Boru