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MIT's PR is more amazing than their research. How many science and technology programs are there in U.S. universities, all of them producing new discoveries? Ho
by hackuser 11y ago
MIT's PR is more amazing than their research. How many science and technology programs are there in U.S. universities, all of them producing new discoveries? How about universities outside the U.S.?
The rate and impact of discoveries vary by school, yet it seems like half the discoveries I read about come from MIT, and often via links directly to MIT press releases (i.e., not to coverage in the news). MIT is a great school, but they can't be that great.
- x1798DE 11y agoWhenever I see one of these MIT press releases, I know to take it with a giant grain of salt. I wonder if HN will eventually start penalizing links from them as low quality.
- dannypgh 11y agoIf you run out of grains of salt, I know how you can get some more with shockwaves...
- dredmorbius 11y agoSadly, it's many University PR offices. I know Stanford's is absolutely abysmal as well for overhyping stories.