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How will this research remain bias-free when salaries are being paid for by YC? What happens when some of the research that is done paints some of the activiti
by toufka 11y ago
How will this research remain bias-free when salaries are being paid for by YC?
What happens when some of the research that is done paints some of the activities of YC or their companies in a less-than-positive light?
- varjag 11y agoIt's not really that different from work in another corporate research division (IBM, PARC, MSR, Bell Labs..). Even in academia you are still getting paid, and your work is influenced by funding frameworks, citation index and faculty interests. Peer review has long been the traditional validation mechanism in science. I don't see why it wouldn't be applicable here.
- toufka 11y agoBecause as much as it is true that funding influences how some projects get started in academia, professors do get tenure. And they can and do things which would be totally offensive to a corporate parent. There is a totally different kind of publication coming out of even the old research labs and an academic institution, much less a modern corporation. A typical research lab does not need to worry about a bottom line - which a company (like YC) is obligated to care about.