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[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 hours ago

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

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 hours 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..."