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> The institution produced a fair amount of academic research, but the vast majority of it was essentially fraudulent. We had some contracts with industry to pr
by icapybara 4y ago
> The institution produced a fair amount of academic research, but the vast majority of it was essentially fraudulent. We had some contracts with industry to produce technology in the space, but these mostly seemed to consist of the organisation fumbling the projects and massaging the truth (read: lying) until they could collect more funding.
> Piles of money + unclear outcomes = every grifter under the sun begins to migrate to your organisation. It is very hard to keep them all out, and they naturally begin to let other grifters in because they all run interference for each other.
Wow, this is very honest, which is refreshing in today's world. Thanks for the post OP.