Liu Zhongfan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, likened the researchers who were forced to be busy to fish choked out of the water in the process of dipping hemp.
Liu Zhongfan said in an interview with China Science News: "When I was a child, I often saw farmers making hemp. They bundle the hemp and soak it in the pond, and after a while they take it out and peel off the skin.
During the soaking process, the water will become smelly, and the fish in the pond appear to be very active, swimming around desperately, and even catching them with their bare hands, in fact, this is an illusion caused by the harsh living environment. ”
In his view, this "hemp phenomenon" is similar to the current technology world.
Researchers are tired of running around, holding meetings all over the world, running for funds, concocting **, applying for awards, grabbing 'hats', and endless reporting materials and reporting meetings, much like those fish in a pond of flax, a 'prosperous scene'. ”
Liu Zhongfan believes that it is necessary to give play to the role of the academic community. He pointed out that the "Breaking the Five Only" campaign has been five years old, and although remarkable results have been achieved, many researchers complain that they are busier than before. With the introduction of more policies, many universities and other units have established new talent evaluation systems, but there are also more and more quantitative indicators and other phenomena that go against the original intention of "breaking the five only".
As for what to "establish" after "breaking", Liu Zhongfan suggested that we should pay attention to the role of the academic community. He said: "The 'digital' evaluation mechanism based on statistics is the root cause of all the chaos in the tech world, and statistics can never select real talent, nor can they reflect the true strength of a university.
He believes that "digital" competition has brought about many phenomena that do not conform to scientific laws, such as universities competing to expand their scale, the size of research teams expanding indefinitely, and researchers desperately publishing**.
Liu Zhongfan bluntly said that the root cause of "digital" evaluation is excessive administrative management. He pointed out that excessive administrative management has led to the weaker and weaker self-management ability of the academic community, and it is difficult to truly play the role of self-improvement and self-supervision within the academic community.
In reality, the voice of the professor is extremely weak, and the "professor governing the school" is only a slogan and form. A vast administrative system dominates every aspect of the university's activities.
Liu Zhongfan called for an early halt to the executive-led "hat-wearing" movement. He believes that the twin brother of the digital evaluation mechanism is "hats flying all over the sky", and "these 'hats' bring impetuousness and utilitarianism, and the disadvantages of China's scientific and technological development far outweigh the advantages".
Liu Zhongfan, a professor at Peking University and president of the Beijing Graphene Research Institute, has many heavyweight "hats", but he does not shy away from criticizing the phenomenon of "hats flying all over the sky". He said: "We attach great importance to talent Xi we are used to putting 'hats' on you. ”
From national titles to regional titles, Liu Zhongfan joked that these hundreds of "hat" names have almost exhausted China's "mountains and rivers".
Liu Zhongfan pointed out: "Scientific researchers spend their lives chasing 'hats' and climbing ladders, because 'hats' mean status, but also material interests, which seriously deviates from the spirit of science. ”
He called for an end to the administrative-led "hat-wearing" movement as soon as possible, a ban on the initiation of any new "hat" projects, a gradual reduction in the number of "hats", and eventual elimination of "hats", so that the academic community can return to "quiet" and talents to "academics".