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pfdietztoday at 3:41 PM1 replyview on HN

One approach is more integration of researchers with businesses. Fraud (or simple incompetence) by researchers negatively affects businesses, as they expend effort on things that aren't real. I understand this is a constant problem in the pharmaceutical industry.


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robmccolltoday at 4:12 PM

It's quite possible to be very successful marketing and selling things that aren't real. The market consists of humans, not perfectly rational machines.