Posit: if you are afraid to get scooped in the next batch of pre-prints, maybe your research project is a waste of time in the first place
If your domain is an ocean so broad as to be infinite, and almost entirely unexplored, why fish in the same pond as 1,000 other fishermen
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Because some people like this, and competition helps them to get and stay motivated?
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This we can agree on.
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Because fads control careers and in the long run we are all dead
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unfortunately a lot of reviews demand service to fad of the year.
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It can be lonely out there.
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Now I'm picturing Geoff, Yann, Yoshua and Jurgen in a Hogwarts dinghy, gasping as they first glimpse the many layered tower across the water
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Because many researchers simply don't know how to look anywhere else? Picking a relevant, fertile, deep yet approachable problem is hard.
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Of course, most researchers (and humans) need short-term peer validation. It's easier to get that if you work on a "kosher" problem.
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Herd instinct is not confined to R&D and VCs also seek the reassurance of human company. Few dare to venture beyond the familiar ...
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I only get paid if I fish where the other 1000 are fishing...
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