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A fundamental problem with research academia is that we scaled it up massively without introducing more division of labor.
by Ericson2314 3y ago
A fundamental problem with research academia is that we scaled it up massively without introducing more division of labor.
- troupe 3y agoInteresting. I'm not sure I fully understand what you are saying though. Can you expand on that?
- Ericson2314 3y agoIt's all throwing PhDs at novel research. Boring reproducing known things is just one type of support work that is neglected. There is a vast "supply chain" of work that allows novel research to be done, and we've neglected it.