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The important sort.

Which jobs other than university ones you get with published papers. I have 6, no company/recruiter have ever discussed the with me...

That's interesting. I see papers as a component of validity and part of the Quality proxy. They should support an end, not be one.

Probably the kind of work that was done in the 19th century. Probably great science, but from a small group that had the means to do it.

Certainly someone will take the lead and begin a study to answer this :)

Ask Paul Erdos

Only the best one; most of the breakthrough stuff comes from folks who don't need a job but an answer.

A multitude of relevant questions zipped under 100 characters with a question mark.

TFW relearning what you were supposed to learn in school, but in a newer and better way with newer technology, and you publish just to share

If we stopped doing basic research? World would get a lot more boring.