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ilex · 1899 days ago · link · · parent · post: MIT Media Lab has an ambitious project that purports to revolutionize agriculture. Insiders say it's mostly smoke and mirrors.
This sounds like a lot of research projects that get big funding. I'd be willing to bet that smaller projects that aren't oversold actually produce better results in the long run. Unfortunately, the overselling bit seems to be part of academic culture. I've had several people give me strange looks when I start to talk candidly about the caveats of my research and the progress I've made on it.