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Yup. Between irreproducibility and these hype pieces leaving out any downsides that might keep the discovery/invention from succeeding practically, the punchli
by Semiapies 10y ago
Yup. Between irreproducibility and these hype pieces leaving out any downsides that might keep the discovery/invention from succeeding practically, the punchline of the title is "...would be nice."
It's a quixotic idea, but I'd like a project that tracked papers cited as big advances and looked for whether anything ever came of them five and ten years later.
- nickff 10y agoWhile I agree that holding people accountable for predictions has value, I think the problem is that columnists and academics do not understand the difficulties of mass production. Perhaps asking the columnist or academic to place a cash bet on their technology (against all comers at odds specified by the predictor) would be a check.