> It's not a perfect analogy, but I think he was mostly trying to hit on the amateur/professional split. Right, and I'm saying that it's inaccurate to claim th

> It's not a perfect analogy, but I think he was mostly trying to hit on the amateur/professional split. Right, and I'm saying that it's inaccurate to claim that either academia or industry research is 'amateur'. They're both professional, just with different funding sources and different goals.