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sbrothy
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In science today, experiments in particular, a good thing has come of the fact that most experiments able to move the goal posts of our accumulated knowledge now necessarily must be group efforts. Thus, like for instance in an article like this:
https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.04493
the sheer number of authors carries with it - if not a guarantee then at least some assurance - that they're not wasting everyone's time and resources. Access to the equipment alone is probably only granted once you've proven that what you're doing is serious (and consistenly proven for many years I figure).
The downside, for uneducated hacks like me, is of course that the material becomes increasingly dense, specialized and/or obfuscated, to the point of ineffable incomprehension. :)
EDIT: Sprinkled some commas in there in a sad attempt at punctuation. :)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2009.04493
the sheer number of authors carries with it - if not a guarantee then at least some assurance - that they're not wasting everyone's time and resources. Access to the equipment alone is probably only granted once you've proven that what you're doing is serious (and consistenly proven for many years I figure).
The downside, for uneducated hacks like me, is of course that the material becomes increasingly dense, specialized and/or obfuscated, to the point of ineffable incomprehension. :)
EDIT: Sprinkled some commas in there in a sad attempt at punctuation. :)
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