Date: 2007-10-23 03:39 pm (UTC)
I don't understand why people think academic research is SO MUCH MORE IMPORTANT than industrial research. Sure, you can say that industry is just in it to turn a profit, and that academia is in it "for the love of learning/for the love of science". But you know what? That's bullshit.

Academics are in it for the money JUST AS MUCH as industry is, because their department thrives on the grant money they can bring in for doing certain projects. So they have to pose questions that OUTSIDE COMPANIES are willing to pay to get the answers for. They can't just do something for the "love of science", because it doesn't bring in any grant money. Trust me, world, I know this, I didn't get paid for my senior year undergrad research because the prof I was working for forgot this simple fact and bankrupt basically his whole team.

There's nothing lofty in it. Industry's just more honest about it. And frankly, Industry answers to "the consumer", and that's almost more fair.

Can you tell that research and education are two of my major hot buttons? XDD
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