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I just wish they got more recognition for their work. They do hard things over long periods of time and barely get a headline... which is good that their finds
by arca_vorago 9y ago
I just wish they got more recognition for their work. They do hard things over long periods of time and barely get a headline... which is good that their finds aren't oversensationalized, but, I think they themselves need more direct acknowledgement.
- maxxxxx 9y agoThat's a big problem in society these days. People who do solid work in the background get no recognition. Science can't work if nobody is willing to produce the data other people can work with.
- Aron 9y agoAlternatively, we could figure out how to automate his job away.
- maxxxxx 9y agoThat's exactly the point. If you can figure out how to automate the job come back with a solution. But until then give them respect. They do difficult that can't be automated so far.
- eru 9y agoDepends. We already automated big parts of the job that we could. To give a stupid example I came up with in five seconds: nobody needs to draw pictures of finds anymore, we can just use cameras.
- maxxxxx 9y agoYes, the parts that can be automated now are already automated. But the parts that are left are hard to automate and not glamorous.
- yellowapple 9y agoI met a guy who used to work for the forest service around where I live. His job was to head to surveyed forestry sites (i.e. potential future logging camps and what not) and draw pictures of all the archaeological artifacts. He was eventually replaced by a camera.