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What is our motivation to do research? It can be curiosity, or we want to invent something which makes our life easier or healthier, or we are looking for more sustainable production processes. There are many different motivations. One which is usually not mentioned is fame. Most of us scientists want to discover and present something, which gets us much attention. We want to be highly cited. Nothing wrong with this, but one should not trust researchers whose primary motivation is this craving for attention. A popular topic is the fight against climate change. In my future post, I will show how fame-hungry scientists are sometimes not telling the whole truth. 

In preparation,

will be published in about eight weeks

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  1. SergeyFebruary 16, 2022 at 8:10 PM

    Dear Klaus-Viktor,
    The topic is of great importance! I have the impression that it is not only scientists who tend to jump on a hot topic and derive some benefit from it. The same is happening on a larger scale under the flag of the sudden shift to renewable energies. Please have a look at the following publication in Forbes (https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/2021/10/03/winter-is-coming-can-energy-catastrophe-be-averted/?sh=5adfb8ae36bd) where one can find the statement:
    "...we see the consequence of a mass decision by European governments to attempt to violate the laws of physics by trying to replace high-density energy sources with low-density energy sources now resulting in their colliding with the laws of supply and demand."

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  2. UnknownMarch 30, 2022 at 12:21 PM

    Can't wait to read your post about this, Prof. Thanks for creating this blog. I'll be your frequent reader.

    Tiara, KAUST

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