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Re:We're Incentivizing Bad Science by gowld on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @03:06PM (#21390887)
Why is homebuilding company is the right place for basic research? That's an interesting choice to join the echelon of Xerox PARC, Bell Labs, Microsoft Research, and Google X.
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Re:We're Incentivizing Bad Science by jcims on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @04:42PM (#21391775)
What do you mean by 'basic research' and why would any of the organizations that you mention be incentivized to solve the problems that plague the homebuilding industry?
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Re:We're Incentivizing Bad Science by srtjstjsj on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @09:09PM (#21393725)
OP wrote that their mission was "the general pursuit of knowledge", not "solve the problems that plague the homebuilding industry", and that was a source of tension with their management.
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