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So? The whole point of academia is that they aren't bound by customers. Except that's been subverted by having to kowtow to funding agencies and universities mo
by nimish 2y ago
So? The whole point of academia is that they aren't bound by customers. Except that's been subverted by having to kowtow to funding agencies and universities most concerned with accruing and distributing money. Defeating the whole point of having them in the first place! Free and open markets are far more efficient at distributing and allocating capital.
- MattPalmer1086 2y agoYou are confusing academia with science. A lot of science is done in academia, but a lot is also done in the commercial sector. Obviously the commercial sector won't typically fund things unless there is some probable payback, so they are not so good at doing fundamental research. You need both to get the best returns.
- nimish 2y agoI'm explicitly not. And you have no idea how much fundamental research happens in the commercial sector because there's no incentive to publish it -- why would I publish the trade secrets for you to exploit? For the record, work I've done under NDA would easily disprove a number of academic theories right now but there's no way I could get the companies to allow me to publish it (nor would I want to tank their stock). Furthermore, academia doesn't do research unless there's a payback either in papers or prestige. What academia are you thinking of that allows for the pure pursuit of whatever's interesting?
- MattPalmer1086 2y agoI did say a lot of research is done commercially. Academia will do non commercial research though, because they are motivated by prestige, not money. I think we are violently agreeing!