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Re:'Cancel Culture' Comes to Science? by roenxi on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @09:08PM (#22051176)
> What's the use about [a study]

It's academics. Whether or not there is a use isn't really an important factor. It is enough to be agglomerating facts.

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Re:'Cancel Culture' Comes to Science? by dragonwriter on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @09:42PM (#22051348)
> It's academics. Whether or not there is a use isn't really an important factor.

It certainly is to many funding sources, and academic research isn't free.

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