Academia: everyone wants revolutionary ideas and incremental evidence
prof_kamilov · x · 2026-09-22
A pithy observation on academic culture: "Oh academia. A place where everyone wants revolutionary ideas and incremental evidence." It captures the tension between review norms and genuine innovation.
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