Military Has Been Researching "Anti-Gravity" For Nearly 70 Years

Re:Military Has Been Researching "Anti-Gravity" For Nearly 7... by TeMPOraL on Thursday October 31, 2019 @05:08AM (#21406880)

Academia isn't keeping talented people out of the industry. At any point, a talented person can leave the university, join a company, and easily quintuple their earnings.

It's the industry that's keeping talented people out by giving them mundane or bullshit jobs, and not leaving any space for long-term research and vision.

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Re:Military Has Been Researching "Anti-Gravity" For Nearly 7... by raverbashing on Thursday October 31, 2019 @05:59AM (#21407117)

Though I might say that Academia is making a good job of keeping talented people out of it because their incentive structure is skewed.

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Re:Military Has Been Researching "Anti-Gravity" For Nearly 7... by xtracto on Thursday October 31, 2019 @10:28AM (#21409168)

This. I did not leave academia to search for fame and fortune. I left it because the bureaucracy and politics of it was terrible.

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Re:Military Has Been Researching "Anti-Gravity" For Nearly 7... by TeMPOraL on Thursday October 31, 2019 @06:34AM (#21407299)

That's true at the same time. It's a tough choice for those talented with love for science or a will to work on solving bigger problems.

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