5. What Do Tom Sawyer and the Founder of Duolingo Have in Common?
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I'm thankful that most academics are such terrible writers. Right, it gives you a job. I'm Angela Duckworth. I'm Steven Dubner. And you're listening to No Stupid Questions.
Today on the show, how do you get people to work for free without their even knowing it? It's like better than Tom Sawyer, really. He just painted a frickin' fence. Also, There are millions of academic articles published each year.
But how much is this research actually benefiting us? Not even other scientists are reading these articles. And not even scientists' mothers. Very likely not. Angela?
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