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It is kind of a requirement. Scientific papers will typically describe the motivation for a work to start the introduction. The real motivation of course is “I
by techbro92 2y ago
It is kind of a requirement. Scientific papers will typically describe the motivation for a work to start the introduction. The real motivation of course is “I need to publish something”.
- throwaway1105q 2y agoThe real motivation is "I want to research this field", publishing is part of the way. Nobody is doing research "to publish something", there are much simpler fields to enter if that was the motivation.
- superb_dev 2y agoIf you decide to research in $field, then you’ll typically need to keep publishing papers to keep your job
- throwaway1105q 2y agoIndeed. That's what I'm saying - you decide you want to research and so you publish. Nobody decides to publish and so does research.
- BriggyDwiggs42 2y agoHow is this a useful critique? The publishing being a subgoal doesn’t mean it’s not still a goal.
- throwaway1105q 2y agoHow is that a useful critique? Yes, researchers publish research.