Re:Has the ‘great resignation’ hit academia?
by p10_user on Tuesday May 31, 2022 @09:33PM
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Its unfortunate that those groups exist. But there are many who genuinely want to discover and share knowledge and know how. Research is a slog and it’s hard to quantify how some seemingly esoteric research could benefit humanity.
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Re:Has the ‘great resignation’ hit academia?
by AussieWog93 on Wednesday June 01, 2022 @01:55AM
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>But there are many who genuinely want to discover and share knowledge and know how. Research is a slog and it’s hard to quantify how some seemingly esoteric research could benefit humanity.
I understand that "mooshot" research exists, and why it sometimes has to be that way. It's just that the entire process of academia seems to be almost designed to crush any curiosity and redirect mankind's brainpower to validating particular ideas that incumbent scientists base their ego on.