Look, it may have been funded by a rapist who also (allegedly) made his fortune extorting people through use of a child trafficking ring, but you have to admit the MIT Media Lab produced valuable science like, uh, (checks notes) Theranos, but for food. https://www.businessinsider.com/mit-media-lab-personal-food-computers-dont-work-fake-staff-say-2019-9 …
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It's honestly kinda staggering to think about how much damage the TED-talk-ifcation of our intellectual sphere has caused. Just totally empty flim-flam salesmen occupying positions of power at the highest levels of the academic world.
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Me (naive, dumb): Science is a method of inquiry based on experimental procedure that, while sometimes frustratingly slow or tedious, represents our best hope for understanding and progress Billionaires (wise): Science is giving a ted talk on "what if food but with computers"
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The three types of 21st century academics: 1) Associate professor who makes $11/hour 2) Associate Dean for Student Activities who makes $210,000/year and works 25 hours a week 3) "Researcher" who converts grants from the King of Saudi Arabia into TED Talks about "disruption"
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You forgot that #2 also has her wife hired for a diversity compliance position
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