===== 🏭 Factory-Made Science =====

**Factory-made science** describes research produced in high volume, low depth, and for the wrong reasons — typically to meet quotas, boost metrics, or feed institutional pipelines rather than to discover truth or solve real problems.

It is the academic equivalent of fast food: mass-produced, superficially satisfying, but lacking in real nourishment.

> *Science done to produce papers, not knowledge.*

==== 🧠 Signs of factory-made science ====

  * Repetitive, low-impact studies with minimal novelty  
  * Slicing one idea into multiple "publishable units" (salami publishing)  
  * Excessive reliance on templates, AI, or ghostwriting  
  * Prioritizing speed and quantity over rigor and reflection  
  * Avoiding difficult or inconvenient questions in favor of “safe” findings

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> **Factory-made science is what happens when research stops being a calling and becomes a production line.**