It would be a concern 30 years ago. But nowadays the training part of education can be separated from other intellectual pursuits because the sharing and debati

It would be a concern 30 years ago. But nowadays the training part of education can be separated from other intellectual pursuits because the sharing and debating of ideas has become so easy. You needed to be in a university to be even aware of conference debates - not anymore. If anything you 're more likely to enjoy conference lectures in video. And there are tons of ways for scientists to interact nowadays. Some academics use twitter as a continuous conference. There is definitely a level of irreverence towards academic standards from this kind of technologists but this is a good thing.