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Re: Change (was: (TFT) Jobs table: ...)



On Sep 29, 2011, at 6:03 PM, Jay Carlisle wrote:

On Thursday, September 29, 2011, Joey Beutel <mejobo@comcast.net> wrote:
Scientists are also pretty different from wizards...

Whatever a scientist is studying is unlikely to end up being very useful.



uhhhhhh a negative result in research is just as significant as a positive. Negative results suggest your barking up the wrong tree research wise and
might well focus on more positive results thus saving industry in the
future.
Too suggest a negative result in research would be a failure is a gross
misunderstanding of what research is I think.

I think Joey might have been pointing to the old "pure" vs. "applied" dichotomy. Which doesn't change the fact that research is "like a box of chocolates." On the other hand, who says magical research doesn't or couldn't have the same problems?

Bob P
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