Re:Have we already been visited by aliens?
by mensetmanusman on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @01:23PM
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And they are careerist...
My Post-doc colleague during my PhD@MIT was explaining this trick he does to get his system working that he never publishes (one very small step of 100 steps). He was concerned that if he published the step, it would hurt his chances at getting a professorship.
It’s exactly the same logic behind why code is not published.
Because ethically you can ‘hand wave it away’ as obvious to other experts and not worth publishing.
Re:Have we already been visited by aliens?
by galkk on Wednesday January 20, 2021 @03:58PM
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I think what was meant could be described by a joke: "professor writes a theorem proof on 6 pages, removes pages 3 and 4 and writes 'trivially leads to'"
My Post-doc colleague during my PhD@MIT was explaining this trick he does to get his system working that he never publishes (one very small step of 100 steps). He was concerned that if he published the step, it would hurt his chances at getting a professorship.
It’s exactly the same logic behind why code is not published.
Because ethically you can ‘hand wave it away’ as obvious to other experts and not worth publishing.