I am glad your peers are not burdened by your cynicism and are willing to try new things. If these things do not work, then do not use them. Your cynicism should be reserved for the deployment/productization of these technologies in the face of research that says they do not work. The research itself should be encouraged!
Do you believe that this problem is already solved and not worth the researcher's time? If so, that reflects negatively only on you and I am glad others are striving to do even better.
Of course such studies should be reviewed and critiqued, but it is intellectually lazy to point only to the source of funding without further consideration.
Do you believe that this problem is already solved and not worth the researcher's time? If so, that reflects negatively only on you and I am glad others are striving to do even better.
Of course such studies should be reviewed and critiqued, but it is intellectually lazy to point only to the source of funding without further consideration.