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Ib my younger days I used to get all excitef about new scientific breakthroughs. After decades I know better and apply the heuristic of disregard whenever I com
by andriesm 3y ago
Ib my younger days I used to get all excitef about new scientific breakthroughs. After decades I know better and apply the heuristic of disregard whenever I come across the hidden punch-line "In mice".
It really is a very good metric for preventing you to get sucked into hype that will 99.99 percent of the time result in exactly zero real world impact 10 years later.
- stavros 3y agoExcept the 0.01% of breakthroughs had tons of real world impact to humans also worked in mice, so what does the metric tell you?