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[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 46 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's what the interns are for; that and snacks

[–] Pantoffel@feddit.de 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And then take all the credit for their findings for yourself ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

[–] xusontha@ls.buckodr.ink 24 points 1 year ago

Of COURSE! They're paid in "experience" not anything tangible!

[–] Gsus4@feddit.nl 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You can't just collect and analyse the data either, you have to write a kickass paper, design an appealing poster and present it like it's the best thing ever and the respective talk...oh yea and then you have to write tons of kickass proposals to get the funding to do more experiments to collect more data and analyse it and... :)

[–] dope@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The assumption here is that contributing to society is first priority.

[–] dope@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Which would imply that talking about it is more important than understanding it.

[–] menturi@mander.xyz 7 points 1 year ago

Analysis is the fun part!

[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago
[–] dope@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What do you call experimentation without concern for data?