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I think one fallacy I see when people critique academia vs industry is that they take an example like Amazon from industry and show how it is better than the av
by throwawayarnty 4y ago
I think one fallacy I see when people critique academia vs industry is that they take an example like Amazon from industry and show how it is better than the average output of academia.
To do a proper comparison one should compare Amazon’s products with top products from science: eg ontogenetics, CRISPR, gravitational waves, large hadron collider, and solar voltaics.
- eigenrobot 4y agohow about Falcon Heavy? :D
- throwawayarnty 4y agoFalcon Heavy is certain an impressive engineering feat, but it doesn’t compare to the Voyager 1 (40 years ago!) in terms of new science and new frontiers. Industry is better than academia when it comes to getting to scale and reducing costs. But usually new frontiers and new science does not often have those constraints.