I found the complains about how reading papers, do literature research, evaluating papers and the field etc., is difficult somewhat amusing. That's actually wh

I found the complains about how reading papers, do literature research, evaluating papers and the field etc., is difficult somewhat amusing. That's actually what a large portion of the PhD education and becoming an academic is about. Yes, it is not easy, if it was a PhD wouldn't take between 3 and 6 years. Generally, the author makes some good points and there is definitely often a disconnect between academia and industry. I think it is important to remember that science is much more like a directed random walk toward an unknown goal. If industry wants specific answers to specific questions they could (should) finance the studies that provide them the answers. However, my impression is that when industry finances significant studies it is much more toward validating/confirming their already established practices, products... (the topic of these "bought" studies is another can of worms in the topics of academia and industry interactions)