• baseless_discourse@mander.xyz
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    1 year ago

    I had such a hard time explaining to my family why I was working on a project for two years, and ends up with nothing publishable…

    Everyone can be wrong, solving problems is what my field is looking for (I m not sure if that is fortunate or unfortunate).

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      1 year ago

      Which is stupid. Everyone can be wrong because we haven’t been wrong enough times to be right. How many people have to be wrong the same way before we benefit from the paths they re-tread?

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        1 year ago

        Most research is funded by private corporations looking to make their money back then some. Two years of not being right is usually worse for having a sustainable career than just bsing that you’re right. Case study: Alzheimer’s research.