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		sjwhevvvvvsj on Jan 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Depth Anything: Unleashing the Power of Large-Scal... Nothing would benefit the scientific enterprise more than explicitly publishing papers about failed experiments. How much public money, time, and careers have been wasted chasing something that is already known not to work?

vacuity on Jan 23, 2024 [–]

Unfortunately, careers don't get advanced that way. There are very backwards incentives.

sjwhevvvvvsj on Jan 23, 2024 | [–]

I’m aware, I left the academic world in no small part that I refused to write papers that weren’t worth reading. A high quality, but short, CV is a career ender these days. I’m happier now though!

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