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Re:Stanford president resigns over manipulated research, wil... by P_I_Staker on Thursday July 20, 2023 @10:47AM (#36801266)
Don't you understand it's the IDEA that matters?
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Re:Stanford president resigns over manipulated research, wil... by Slow_Hand on Thursday July 20, 2023 @12:09PM (#36802637)
In this case the execution and follow-through matters more.

I could be the one to identify that my metropolitan city has a massive homelessness problem. But it's another, much more impressive, achievement to be the one who does the hard work of pursuing and resolving that problem.

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Re:Stanford president resigns over manipulated research, wil... by danso on Thursday July 20, 2023 @12:24PM (#36802864)
You are correct but I think the comment was tongue in cheek.
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Re:Stanford president resigns over manipulated research, wil... by Slow_Hand on Thursday July 20, 2023 @12:45PM (#36803191)
Could be. Chalk it up to Poe’s Law, then.
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