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[–] CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world 19 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Why do people assume that scientists don’t sanity check themselves? Genuine question, no offense to the OC here.

[–] cazssiew@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

"guys, I know we've been working on this for decades, but I've been going over this first-year textbook, and I have some bad news..."

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 months ago

Cause maybe they assume scientists are hyping things up like VCs for AI.

In a dishonest world, the honest would be mistrusted more.