> don't have a sense the scale of the field --- which is enormous And has a massive impact on capital flows. > A simpler way to address this problem: ignore i

> don't have a sense the scale of the field --- which is enormous And has a massive impact on capital flows. > A simpler way to address this problem: ignore it, unless you work in the field. Then there's no reason to continue funding it or attempting to reason about it's output. Unless the field has a way to fund itself?