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A lot of these "arcane" topics have long-term horizons. Agree with everything else but the whole point of research is to probe the space of possibilities (theor
by george_ciobanu 10y ago
A lot of these "arcane" topics have long-term horizons. Agree with everything else but the whole point of research is to probe the space of possibilities (theoretical and practical) to find major ideas. Most of them fail but that's part of the exploratory process - it's expected.
- glial 10y agoIt's expected, but as someone doing research it's super discouraging. I can certainly see the appeal of moving away of basic research with a very long term time horizon (fine for science, but frustrating for individuals) and towards a field with the potential of more immediate impact.