alt Hacker NewsI once met a researcher who spent six months verifying the results of a published paper. In the end, all he received was a simple “thanks for pointing that out.” He said quietly, “Some work matters not because it’s seen, but because it keeps others from going wrong.”
I believe that if we’re not even willing to carefully confirm whether our predictions match reality, then no matter how impressive the technology looks, it’s only a fleeting illusion.
While that will not land him a Nobel prize, its miles ahead in terms of achievement and added value to mankind compared to most corporate employees. We wish we could say something like that about our past decade of work