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>Academia is the most prestigious scientific institution. That's an opinion. Industry does a lot more worthwhile science than academia, and does it without tax
by dingnuts 3y ago
>Academia is the most prestigious scientific institution.
That's an opinion. Industry does a lot more worthwhile science than academia, and does it without tax money, in my opinion.
Was the transistor invented by academia? You can argue that's engineering, rather than science. In my opinion the difference is semantics.
- nickff 3y agoI agree that industry does a lot of worthwhile science, and maybe more than academia, but I was talking about 'prestige', not 'productivity'.
- cycomanic 3y agoApart from the fact that you seriously overestimate the amount of science being done in industry, you seem to also underestimate the amount of government assistance industry receives for doing this research (and more development), either through tax breaks or direct grants.