Comment by mathisfun123

my guy this is the most bog standard defense of academia that exists - that they are the original progenitors of everything. it's not even true (industry pioneers plenty of things, especially in tech/swe) but even if it were, it would still be banal because by the same logic i might as well be worshipping prokaryotes instead of academics.

> in corporate R&D research labs from people with PhDs

lol tell me you've never been in a research group without telling me. hate to break it to you, as someone with a PhD and as someone who spent some time in an industry research group at the beginning of their career, almost nothing comes out of these groups in tech (the stuff that does see the light of day is the exception that proves the rule).