[rqebmm]

> That's characterizing industry as the more advanced form of academia

It's not a perfect analogy, but I think he was mostly trying to hit on the amateur/professional split.

[chimeracoder]

> It's not a perfect analogy, but I think he was mostly trying to hit on the amateur/professional split.

Right, and I'm saying that it's inaccurate to claim that either academia or industry research is 'amateur'. They're both professional, just with different funding sources and different goals.