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They are getting paid to research different ideas so thats why they might be proposing ideas you find to be misguided. There are instances where researchers sp
by Irishsteve 6y ago
They are getting paid to research different ideas so thats why they might be proposing ideas you find to be misguided.
There are instances where researchers spend their time where the outcome was mostly thought experiment / not directly applicable, and there are instances where the work was useful from an application perspective. Such is life
- scottlocklin 6y agoYou left out "there are instances where the researchers actually have no idea what they're talking about, but hope to get a lucrative job in the subject to escape teaching C++ to 19 year olds for the rest of their lives." This may not be such an instance, but it sure looks like one!