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As I see it, the issue isn't with the University of Pennsylvania but with academia. Publish or perish. Get consistent grants or find a new job. The system isn't
by marcinzm 6y ago
As I see it, the issue isn't with the University of Pennsylvania but with academia. Publish or perish. Get consistent grants or find a new job. The system isn't geared to promoting long term risky endeavors.
- visarga 6y ago> The system isn't geared to promoting long term risky endeavors. They made a mistake by trying to follow the obvious path towards progress, and the result proves how wrong they were. The path was deceptive and the straight direction was leading to detours. This problem appears also in AI. Optimization only works when you can point to the solution. Evolution on the other hand can find these hidden stepping stones that initially don't appear useful, but it takes time. In my opinion lots of the scientific research is just following the trends instead of finding these hidden stepping stones. Only very few are committed to searching so far from the beaten road.