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Re:As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for cha... by doliveira on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @04:52PM (#31759338)
That's just for very, very specific fields.

For instance, for something very practical, market-ready, basically Engineering I'd say you're correct. For basic research, not at all.

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Re:As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for cha... by mirker on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @07:56PM (#31760948)
Well ya know, industry solved Fermat’s Last theorem numerous times but only managed to scribble it in the corner of their performance review.
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Re:As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for cha... by LegitShady on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @08:28PM (#31761174)
Industry solved it as many times as the academics have
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Re:As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for cha... by doliveira on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @08:58PM (#31761386)
Fermat's last theorem has been solved back in the 90s. But it's obviously just one example to illustrate the main point, it's not about whether it specifically has been solved or not.
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Re:As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for cha... by mirker on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @10:38PM (#31761956)
And also what industry would pay someone to solve that problem. Super hard problem of little industrial value.
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