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Google patents a lot of cool stuff, actually. But the ideas tend to not get noticed in academia; when was the last time you saw a patent in a bibliography?
by pklausler 11y ago
Google patents a lot of cool stuff, actually. But the ideas tend to not get noticed in academia; when was the last time you saw a patent in a bibliography?
- nickpsecurity 11y agoAcademia patents tons of stuff. They just put that in patent applications and technology portfolios instead of bibliographies.
- jldugger 11y agoThe point is that patents don't appear to contribute to the sum total knowledge that academics build on top of. They're by and large intellectual dead ends, if profitable ones.
- nickpsecurity 11y agoOh I mostly agree. Some organizations will only fund you if they get IP out of it. Many significant tech in that area. But it's mostly an after the fact make money thing. Or just bullshit altogether.